Paragraph 1:Who is impacted?

It is a natural psyche of humans to excel. If given a chance man is sure to achieve infinity in speed. But when we are sharing the road with other users we will always remain behind some or other vehicle. Increase in speed multiplies the risk of accident and severity of injury during accident.Speeding behavior and aggressive drivers may not only effect the speeder-it can also effect other drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Paragraph 2 :What is at stake?

The congested roads ,pollution and traffic in cities often result in spending more time sitting inside the car and becoming frustrated.Due to this,people often overspeed to skip signals or to overtake other vehicles. This results in collision with other cars and pedestrians.

Paragraph 3:Why is now the time to act?

The rules and laws concerning traffic were designed to address the danger the drivers are exposed to on the road. For some reason, however, their purpose is often forgotten or intentionally ignored. According to Bauernschuster and Rekers, almost 50 million people are injured yearly in road traffic accidents; for 1,3 million, those casualties are fatal (1). In addition, it is the leading cause of death among young people.

Speeding represents a substantial part of the reasons for traffic accidents. Even in the countries  with high average income, where the percentage of it is the most minor compared to middle and low-income ones, it presents 30 percent of all fatal incidents (Bauernschuster and Rekers 1). In the meantime, the economic cost of incidents in the U.S. reached approximately 250 billion dollars (Bauernschuster and Rekers 1). Frighteningly, it is almost four times more considering consequent healthcare.

Even though researchers are trying to evaluate the actual numbers behind those traffic accidents, they sometimes face a seemingly illogical issue. Bauernschuster and Rekers decided to gather the sample data for future research before, during, and after Germany’s special speed limit enforcement campaign. As a result, the total amount of traffic accidents was reduced only during the actual day of the campaign (32). Unfortunately, considering the information about the day of its occurrence being accessible publicly, the reason behind the decline might solely lie in the drivers’ fear of increased detection probabilities.