What are you achieving by travelling faster?

Does travelling at a high speed get us to where we are going quicker and in the safest possible way?

The answer is no! How is this possible you ask? Well, it is based on physics and facts

In a perfect world with no outside influences, perfect roads, no wild life, no traffic lights, signs, no police, competent driver, best vehicle, perfect weather conditions and so on…….. The answer may be yes but in real life this is not so.

The graph in the fact sheet shows the difference in time when travelling at higher speeds in a perfect world and raises the key issues of what needs to be taken into consideration when travelling at a higher speed.