An important focus of our work for The National Road Safety Foundation is speeding. It's a factor in 26 percent of all fatal crashes, yet most of us see the biggest risk of speeding is getting pulled over and getting issued a ticket.
The sad reality is speeding kills nearly 9,400 people every year, including about 3,000 teens.
Brightmile, a company in the UK that's soon coming into the U.S., has an app that helps companies keep their employees safe by reducing speeding, drowsy driving, smartphone distraction, contextual risk and aggressive acceleration. They asked me to write a piece for them about speeding. Here's a link to the article, which applies to all drivers, whether in Europe of here in the U.S.
Slow down.
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