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The Responses To This Emma Watson 'Scandal' Are Concerning · Rachel Oates

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Recently Emma Watson was issued a six month driving ban and for
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God knows what reason there is a very loud percentage of
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Americans online who are very angry about this.
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She got this six month ban because she got over 12 penalty
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points on her driver's licence. The incident which got her last
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three points was being caught speeding.
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She drove over 38 mph in a 30 mile an hour zone.
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Now personally, I don't really care about like celebrity gossip
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and being like, oh, this celebrity said this and did this
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and you'd be like, I don't care that this was the celebrity who
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got caught speeding. I don't really have much more
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opinion on Emma Watson either. She just kind of exists.
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I think she seems to have done some really good work for
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feminism. I thought she was really great
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in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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I thought she was really damn terrible in the Bling Ring.
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And what was that other Oh Beauty and the Beast?
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Which is a shame because I was really looking forward to Beauty
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and the Beast and I thought she was perfectly cast.
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And then I watched it and I was like, everything about this is
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bad and she is just very planned.
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Anyway, other than that, don't really have an opinion about her
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and I don't want to make this video about her.
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This news story is more of just the catalyst for what I actually
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want to talk about. Also, apologies if you can hear
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Kyra panting in the background. We've just come back from a
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flight in the garden so she's a little bit tired.
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So what I actually want to talk about is what I find really
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concerning and that is the number of people who seem
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genuinely mad about EU, KS, Rd, safety laws and how seriously we
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take them. A lot of the discourse I've seen
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online surrounding this story actually has shown so many
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Americans literally bragging about how often they speed, how
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far over the speed limits they go, and ha ha ha, they don't
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care, they've got places to be. Why do we take it so seriously
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anyway? And I find that really
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concerning. I just wanted to use this video
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and this silly celebrity news story is jumping off point to
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try and educate people a little bit more and talk about
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something that I genuinely care about and that is the dangers of
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dangerous driving. I know here's just a handful of
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examples of responses I've seen. Some of them are genuine
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questions. Like anyone in the UK want to
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educate this American about why Emma Watson is getting tickets
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for going 8 over the limit. Was it a school zone or
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something? If I'm not going 8 over on our
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roads I'm getting run off the road.
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Just an interested person over here whereas other people are
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just like this is stupid. I'm shocked.
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Emma Watson's six month driving ban for driving 8 miles an an
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hour of the limit seems excessive.
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The news about Emma Watson not being able to drive for six
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months for going 8 of the speed limit has taught me that I
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should never drive in the UK. My IBS doesn't fall as speed
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limit laws baby. And I'm sorry but if your IBS is
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that serious that you need to speed places or you know you
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can't pull over to the side of the road, well just wear an
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adult nappy. If it's that serious, wear an
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adult nappy. There are ways to support your
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health issues without endangering the lives of others
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by breaking laws, driving over the speed limits and driving
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dangerously. Another person says you get
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honked out in the US for going less than 8 miles over the
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limit. Is this like a metrics or
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something looking at the conversion rate needed to make
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going 8 over the speed limit a licence suspending offence?
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Crying laughing emoji. Wait 8 miles an hour of the
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limit prohibited from driving. Could you imagine that in
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Massachusetts? Massachusetts.
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I can't say that state people get flipped off for not going 25
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of the speed limit in the slow lane.
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Hell, a state you will flash their lights at you to speed up
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on the Pike. I've been passed for doing 35
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and a 30. In a residential neighbourhood.
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I've passed people for going 35 and a 30.
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She can't drive for six months for going 8 miles an hour over
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the speed limit. What the F?
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That makes no sense. Maybe that's because in the US
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we drive like maniacs or something, but 8 miles an hour
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of the speed limit is nothing. 8 miles an hour over, that's an
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insane punishment. How is the UK going to be strict
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with BS like this and not protect women from DV deaths and
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trans people's rights? You cannot pretend you care
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about the well-being of others and think 8 over the limit is
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the real life risk in your country.
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And I completely agree, violence against women is a very serious
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issue. The constant dehumanisation and
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the rights being taken away from trans people in the UK is a
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massive issue. These are things that we should
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be talking about, educating people about and making changes
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on. I agree, however this doesn't
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mean that dangerous driving isn't still a serious offence
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and shouldn't still be taken seriously.
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We can care about domestic violence and also care about
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people driving dangerously. They are not, you know, it's not
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one or the other. We can care about both.
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And I'm sorry but speeding is a life risk as we will discuss in
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a moment. I I just, I don't get how
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they're so blase about this. There's more as well. 38 is what
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you drive in 30s in America. Lol you've got to be kidding me.
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Banned for 38 in a 30 zone. Seriously 8 miles over.
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Good gosh someone was being made an example of.
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No no she wasn't. She was just being treated like
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any other driver. Which is a really good thing
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actually. LMAO Britain is so unserious. 6
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month driving ban for Midas for minor speeding violation.
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GTFO. And I just found all of these
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responses so damn concerning because it's like people don't
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understand how serious of an issue dangerous driving is, and
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speeding is dangerous driving. They downplay it so casually and
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I find that a little bit terrifying.
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The bragging about constantly going over the speed limit, how
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going over the speed limit is so normal.
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Like that's really, really scary.
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You are normalising putting your life and the lives of others at
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risk. So we're going to talk about
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this in depth, but first let me just address a couple of other
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things. People have said they don't
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measure in miles in England. So I question this reporting.
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And since when did the UK start using mph?
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We've always used mph to measure speed in the UK and miles to
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measure the assistance on our roads.
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This is normal. There's nothing weird there.
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And secondly, someone said why would Oxford, England have a 30
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mph zone? I'm not entirely sure why
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they're shocked by this or why specifically they're asking, but
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I will explain a little little bit about Rd systems in the UK.
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So different types of roads in different areas will have
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different speed limits. Different vehicles will also
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have different speed limits in different areas.
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So for example, a motorway may generally have a speed limit of
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70 mph for cars. However, if you're in a good
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vehicle like a lorry which is carrying over 7.5 tonnes, then
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that speed limit is reduced down to 60 mph.
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Cars can go 70 good slurries carrying over 7.5 tonnes.
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Can't go over 60 on the same roads.
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Since different types of vehicle require different types of
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licence, it's up to the drivers of these vehicles to be informed
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on if their vehicle has a different speed limit.
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In some areas it's also up to drivers to be informed about
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what the speed limits will be for other vehicles.
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So for example, if you are following a lorry which you
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think may be carrying a lot of weight, then you'll know that it
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can't go as fast as you and you need to be careful around it.
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Generally in built up areas most roads will have a speed limit of
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30 miles an hour across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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In Wales this is down to 20 miles an hour.
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A built up area will include places like most of the main
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roads in Oxford. They're basically any roads with
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streetlights where pedestrians could be walking down the road
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on one or either side. You'll likely have buildings
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around them, home shops, anything like that.
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In some areas where there are schools or you know there's
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going to be a lot of pedestrians around, local councils may
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enforce a 20 miles an hour speed limit on certain roads if there
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have been a lot of traffic accidents in a certain area for
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whatever reason. There may also be a 20 mile a 20
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mile an hour speed limit applied to certain roads there as well.
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These types of roads with the 20 to 30 mile an hour speed limit
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are the ones that most people will be driving down on a
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day-to-day basis, but some which connect to larger roads maybe at
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a 40 mile an hour speed limit. It just depends where you are.
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And again, the 40 mile an hour roads generally won't have a lot
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of pedestrians won't be in as built up areas.
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There are also other types of Rd larger roads with higher speed
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limits. Usually these don't have
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pavements next to them, so you won't casually have pedestrians
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walking around you, you won't have people wanting to cross the
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road, you won't be as at risk of hitting an individual person not
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in a vehicle. So for these roads, single
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carriageways may have a speed limit of 50 or 60 miles an hour,
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dual carriageways may have a limit of 60 or 70 miles an hour,
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and motorways usually have a limit of 70 miles an hour,
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unless you are in a heavy goods vehicle or for example you're
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towing a caravan or something like that.
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If you want to find out more about this and you're interested
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in it, you might want to look into the difference in the UK
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between like motorways, A roads, B roads and the kind of
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unofficial C roads. And now when I say speed limit,
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I really do mean speed limit. This is not a guideline.
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This is not, oh, try and drive around the speed.
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This means this is the maximum you are legally allowed to drive
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on these roads. There may be some leeway,
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especially for example you're going from a higher speed limit
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area to a lower speed limit area, but generally the law is
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there to ensure people are not driving over these limits.
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So a speed limit of 60 miles an hour means in this area, drive
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under 60 miles an hour, not Dr roughly 60 or a bit over.
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If you fancy it, it means drive under 60 just to make that
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really really clear. Of course, you also don't want
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to go too far under the speed limit if you can help it.
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There's no strict laws about it as such, but it is illegal to
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knowingly obstruct the flow of traffic.
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So if a driver is purposely doing 30 miles an hour in a 70
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mile an hour Rd because they're choosing to for the hell of it,
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they would likely get in trouble for obstructing the flow of
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traffic. You just kind of have to use
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your common sense. So now let's talk about what
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happens if you do drive over the speed limits in the UK.
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So in the UK, especially England, a lot of speeding is
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caught by speed cameras which will record your licence plate
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and exactly how fast you are going.
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They will then send you a letter about this telling you you've
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got a fine, you've got points on your licence, you need to go to
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court on this day and so on. It's generally an automated
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system. Occasionally there may be
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traffic officers who pull you over if you're really going over
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the speed limit, but this isn't as common as it is in some
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countries, like America for example.
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In the UK, according to the government's website, the
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minimum penalty for speeding is £100 fine and three penalty
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points added to your licence. However, you may be given the
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option of attending a speed awareness course if the police
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decide it's appropriate for your offence.
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And you have not been on a speed awareness course in the past
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three years. And this means you may not have
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to pay the fine, but you'll likely still get the three
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points on your licence. You can also get points on your
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licence for other offences, not just speeding.
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These include, but are not limited to, failing to stop
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after an accident. Driving or attempting to drive
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while being disqualified by court order.
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Causing death by driving while disqualified.
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Driving without due care and attention.
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Driving without reasonable consideration for the road
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users. Using a vehicle with defective
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brakes, tyres, steering and so on.
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Causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
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Dangerous driving. Furious driving that can give
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you points. Driving or attempting to drive
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with an alcohol level above the limit.
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Attempting to drive or drive while unfit, through drink or
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drugs or other substances and in charge of a vehicle while your
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alcohol level is above the limit.
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Using a vehicle uninsured against third party risks.
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Driving otherwise than in accordance with the licence.
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Driving a vehicle, having failed to notify a disability, leaving
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a vehicle in a dangerous position, motor racing on the
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highway, driving with uncorrected defective eyesight,
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exceeding goods vehicle speed limits, exceeding passenger
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vehicle speed limits, exceeding speed limits on a motorway.
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And so like basically lots of different exceeding speed
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limits, failing to comply with traffic, like signals, failing
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to comply with double white lines, failing to comply with
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the stop sign and so on. And basically there's lots of
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ways you can get points on your licence and different amounts of
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points rewarded for different offences and also which number
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offence it is. Like how many offences have you
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had before? If this is something you
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repeatedly do, you're likely going to get more points on your
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licence. Points basically act as a record
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of how many driving infractions you have and how serious they
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are. If you've passed your test in
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the last two years and you get 6 or more points, then your
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licence will be revoked. For more experienced drivers, if
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you receive 12 or more points within a three-year time period,
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you may face a driving ban of six months, 12 months or two
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years depending on if you've been banned before and how many
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points you have and so on. So in the case of M Watson
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getting a six month driving ban, that means she already had at
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least nine points on her licence, although we don't know
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what caused to collect these. Maybe it was speeding, maybe it
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was some sort of parking violation.
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Maybe it was running red lights. It could be absolutely anything.
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And then this latest case of speeding pushed her over, pushed
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her over 12 points, gave her at least three points on her
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licence and so she was issued a six month driving ban.
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So this wasn't just one isolated incident.
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This wasn't one single mistake. It was a result of repeatedly
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breaking driving laws over a three-year period.
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And the other thing to remember is that like going 38 in the 30
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zone isn't just a, oh, I accidentally put my foot down a
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bit too much. That was like a I'm willfully
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going to speed. You have to like willfully go
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that much over the limit. You know, it was a choice she
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made. This wasn't an accident or a
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mistake. This was something she chose to
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do. I think the most worrying aspect
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of this whole thing for me though is that so many people
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online don't seem to understand just how dangerous cars and
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driving are. Cars are giant speeding chunks
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of metal with the capacity to kill people that are inside of
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them, people that are in other vehicles and pedestrians on the
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street if they are not handled correctly.
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And sticking to the speed limit is a huge part of car safety and
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responsibility when handling a vehicle.
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Speeding is a serious offence and speeding is incredibly
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dangerous. Speed limits have been applied
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to roads for a reason, because they take into account stopping
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distance of vehicles, driver response times, likelihood of
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pedestrians nearby and a whole bunch of other factors.
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When you drive over the speed limit you are absolutely putting
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yourself and others in danger and you cannot convince me
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otherwise. A study done by the UK
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government found that speed is a contributory factor in about 1/3
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of all Rd collisions. That means in the year 2000,
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around 72,000 reported Rd accidents were due at least in
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part to someone driving or riding in case of a motorbike
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too fast. These accidents caused the death
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of around 1100 people, serious injuries to around 12,700 people
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and slight injuries to about 900,000 people.
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Because that's the thing isn't it?
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One person speeding can injure 10s of people.
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The study goes on to say that if average speeds reduced by just
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one mile per hour, the accident rate would fall by 5%.
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This varies slightly according to Rd type, so that a one mile
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an hour reduction in average speed would reduce accident
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frequency by about 6% on urban main roads and residential roads
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with low average speed limits, 4% on medium speed urban roads
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and lower speed rural main roads, and 3% on the highest
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speed urban roads and rural single carriageway main roads.
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If an individual drives more than 10 to 15% above the average
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speed limit of the traffic around them, they are much more
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likely to be involved in an accident.
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Emma Watson was driving nearly 30% above the speed limit.
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Just remember that drivers whose speed are more likely to be
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involved in collisions, they're also more likely to commit other
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driving violations such as red light running and driving too
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close. The study went on to say impacts
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at higher speeds are more severe than at lower speeds and so they
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lead to more serious injuries to those involved.
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A 35 mile an hour driver is twice as likely to kill someone
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as they are at 30 miles an hour. So you might think 38 and 30 was
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the big difference. Over twice as likely to kill
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someone is the difference. The probability of serious
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injury to a person wearing a seat belt in a front seat at an
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impact of 30 miles an hour is 3 times greater than at 20 miles
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an hour. At 40 miles an hour, it's over
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five times greater. If a pedestrian is hit by a car
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at 40 miles an hour, 9 times out of 10 that pedestrian will be
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killed. Hit by a car At 30 miles an
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hour, about half of pedestrians will be killed and hit by a car
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At 20 miles an hour, 9 out of 10 pedestrians will survive.
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That's the difference that speeding can make.
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There is a reason we have lower speed limits in built up areas
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and there is a reason that it's important to stick to them.
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Just as a little anecdote for you guys, but I was once on a
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driving lesson and driving through a little residential
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area and kind of like sort of the outskirts of it, if that
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makes sense. And it had a speed limit of 30
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miles an hour. And I was driving under that
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speed limit as you do. I was probably around 2728 miles
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an hour, so when a man fell over in front of my car, he fell off
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the pavement and fell in front of my car.
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I had to hit the emergency brakes and then all the cars
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driving behind me had to hit their emergency brakes too, and
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so on. If I had been driving up that
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speed limit, I could not have stopped in time and would have
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likely hit him. And with the way that he fell in
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front of my car, I may have killed him.
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It's just a fact. If I had been going faster, I
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would not have been able to stop and I would have likely run over
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his entire body, maybe his head. I'm sorry that that's graphic
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but it's just the truth with the way that he felt.
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If the cars behind me have been driving up the speed limit, they
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may have not been able to stop in time when I emergency braked
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and they may have hit my car from behind, either injuring me,
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my instructor or the man who fell in front of my car.
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Speed limits keep us as safe as we can possibly be.
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They are there for a reason, they are there to protect you
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and everyone around you and if you don't follow them, you are
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nothing more than selfish. Driving over the speed limit
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should absolutely not be normalised or treated as
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something so insignificant. And if you are one of these
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people who normalise the speed, who downplays the seriousness of
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speeding, you really need to do a little bit of evaluation,
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educate yourself and learn about the danger you are putting
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yourself and others in. Ask yourself, is your need to
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get somewhere just that little bit quicker really worth risking
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the lives of you, your passengers, other drivers and
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pedestrians around you? And I can answer it for you, No
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it's not. No need to get somewhere a bit
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quicker is worth risking lives for.
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Just absolutely not. And again, you might not think
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it makes much of a difference, although we're too strict over
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here, but the stats suggest that sticking to the speed limits
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works. It saves lives.
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So that last study I read you was a little bit out of date,
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I'll give you that. It's a little bit older, but
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more recently the World Health Organisation reports that
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approximately 1.19 million people die each year as a result
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of Rd Cross Road crashes, which is a hell of a lot.
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But in countries like the UK where speeding is taken more
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seriously and is not normalised as much, we have far few Rd
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related deaths and traffic related deaths than in other
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countries like for example America where it's so damn
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normalised. So while the UK has only 2.6
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traffic related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, the US has
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12.84 traffic related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
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That's well over 4 times as many, nearly five times as many
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and as. The World Health Organisation
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says, one of the biggest risk factors for death in these
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situations is the speed of the vehicle.
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They write an increase in average speed is directly
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related to both the likelihood of a crash occurring and the
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severity of the consequences of the crash.
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For example, every 1% increase in mean speed produces a 4%
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increase in the fatal crash risk and a 3% and a 3% increase in
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the serious crash risk. The risk of but death for
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pedestrians hit by car fronts rises rapidly 4.5 times from 50
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miles an hour. Sorry from 50 kilometres an hour
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to 65 kilometres an hour in car to car side impacts.
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The fatality risk for car occupants is 85% at 65
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kilometres an hour. So again, when people are so
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casual about speeding, this worries me because it is
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directly correlated to the number of people likely to die.
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And not just correlated, but it is a causal link.
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The faster you go, the more likely you are to kill people.
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I have the same concerns about how relaxed I see so many people
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being online about drink driving and also drug driving, but
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mostly drink driving. I see a lot of American media in
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particular portraying people having a couple of drinks and
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driving home as being completely normal.
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I see people talking about it all the time on social media and
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how it's not really a big deal, but again, it is.
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Alcohol makes you drowsy. It affects your vision and your
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reaction times. It affects how you judge speed
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and distance. All of these things will make
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you a poorer driver. All of these things will make
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you a dangerous driver, even with just a small amount of
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alcohol in your system. So according to Rd safety
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charity Break, you are 6 times more likely to be involved in a
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fatal crash if you have 50 to 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100
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mil of blood, compared to 0 milligrammes.
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You are three times more likely to die on the roads if you have
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20 to 50 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 mil of blood compared to
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0. And you are 46% more likely to
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be at fault in Rd collisions if you have just 10 milligrammes of
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alcohol per 100 mil in your blood compared to 0 mil.
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But even the UK isn't perfect. In our drink driving laws we
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allow 18 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 mil of blood, or 35
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micrograms per 100 mil of breath, which is the highest
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drink driving limit in all of Europe and I personally find
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that quite concerning. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I
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believe this is the same limit as you have over in America, but
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people seem to personally take it less seriously over there.
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I found back in 2022 the US had almost five times the population
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that the UK did, but over 45 times more deaths related to
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drink driving than we did in the UK.
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So there were 300 deaths in the UK that year, but over 13,500
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across America. You can also see the kind of
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evidence of casual latitudes of drink driving all of the
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Internet when Americans are asked.
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So I scoured Reddit and just found these responses on a range
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of posts. And it's very common, much more
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common than people would like to admit.
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If you drive by a bar on a Friday or Saturday night, it's
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packed. And very few of these people are
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designated drivers. Those people get home somehow,
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which means they drive, know the mode of transportation is really
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feasible in most of the country. Uber and Lyft have had an impact
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on this, but it's still very, very, very prevalent, especially
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further out into the suburbs and especially the farther out into
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the suburbs in the country you get.
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I'm a truck driver and I start a lot of shifts between 1:00 and
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2:00. AMI see drunk drivers all the
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time. Just because you don't get
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caught and arrested doesn't make it OK.
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It's a massive problem which we generally don't want to
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recognise. You have these bars that aren't
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located anywhere near where people live, but rather in
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commercial areas. They have large parking lots.
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There's no public transit, and even if there is, it cuts off by
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9:00 PM. So how do these people get
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there? And honestly, the police
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generally don't give an F with drink driving unless you
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actually kill someone and cause major damage.
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It's very socially unacceptable but also very common.
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I suspect for a lot of people the attitude is drunk driving is
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really bad. Except when I do it because I
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have it under control, or it's not that far, or I didn't drink
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that much, or I'm good enough driver to handle it.
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Penalties are very harsh here, but that doesn't seem to deter
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it. I'm in my late 40s now and have
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the self-control not to drink when I'm driving.
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When I was younger though, I could rationalise away stupid
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decisions. It really depends on the crowd
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you hang out with. I have a DUI conviction from a
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decade ago when I was hanging out with drinkers.
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We did it all the time because we all had to get home from the
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bar and we all thought we were fine.
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We could handle it, we know our limits.
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I'd love to know how many folk from my old crowd now have
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DUI's. It's probably most of us, but
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because non Alcoholics look down on that, none of us would
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exactly broadcast it I suppose. If you get a DUI the vast
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majority of people will think you're a trashing selfish POS.
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If you go to a bar and have 5 or 6 shots with your buds and then
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head out to the parking lot 15 minutes after that, most likely
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no one will say anything unless you're an easy on your feet.
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So in my experience, definitely too chill and attitude about
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drunk driving. It's common in my area and
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unless you're stabbering about no one will try and stop me from
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driving. The cops aren't big on
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enforcement in my town town because they're usually too busy
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with shootings and crap like that.
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But in the two neighbouring towns, both with much less
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violent crime, it's enforced pretty heavily.
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Need I go on? The point is, some people speak
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about this so damn casually and it's really really concerning.
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It's so I guess that's why I wanted to make this video
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because I don't really care what a celebrity did, but I do care
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about the attitudes I see on that online where people do not
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take driving safely seriously. If you'll listen to this saying,
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yeah, I agree with you, but what about me?
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I'm the you're not the exception.
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And I'm really sorry. And this is going to sound like
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I'm being judgy and harsh, because I am.
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Because you need to hear this. You are not the exception.
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You are not the one person in the world you can drive better
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drunk, drive safely after just a couple of beers who can get away
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with speeding because you're such a good driver, Who can get
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away with it because, well, everyone else is doing it, so
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why shouldn't I? You are not the one whose
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personal need to be speedy is more important than anyone
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else's need to personal safety. You are not important enough to
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drive dangerously. You are not talented enough to
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drive dangerously. You are not special.
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You are not important. You are not the exception.
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If you are driving a vehicle, then it is your responsibility
25:28
to do it safely. It is your responsibility to be
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a good driver. And that means sticking to the
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laws that have been put in place for your safety and for the
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safety of others, whether you agree with them or not.
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And I don't care. If well, so and so is doing it
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in that car. Why can't I?
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Doesn't matter, let them be responsible don't add to it
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because you being irresponsible and you being irresponsible just
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makes everything more irresponsible and dangerous.
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How do you not see this? So sorry, this is something I
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feel really damn passionately about because I don't want
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people being hurt and killed, you know?
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I when I was younger, I witnessed a car crash in Matlock
26:11
Bath where a car was pulling out onto a main road, not really
26:15
looking where they're going. And a motorbike was speeding
26:17
along. And the motorbike crashed
26:19
sideways into the front of the car.
26:21
And the passenger on the back of the motorbike flew through the
26:24
air over the bonnet of the car and smashed head first into the
26:28
ground. And we're pretty sure they died.
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It was one of the most horrific things I've ever seen.
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And I just feel like if that driver had been paying more
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attention, if that driver hadn't been speeding, that likely
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wouldn't have happened. And it was just so damn
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disturbing. It's something that, like, I've
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always taken very seriously and will always be very passionate
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about. A lot of people seem to think
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that it couldn't happen to me, It couldn't possibly happen, but
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it happens more often than you think.
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And I might sound like I'm being harsh in this.
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I might sound like I'm lecturing you, but it's for your own good,
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you know? So let's take this stupid
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celebrity story about, oh, look, a former child star got in
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trouble, whatever. And let's use it to take a
27:13
moment to reframe how we think about driving.
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Be a little bit more conscious about sticking to the rules and
27:18
the speed limits and the laws. And let's stop normalising
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dangerous driving, please. Because that's what speeding is.
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That's what drink driving is. That's what taking substances
27:30
and driving it. It's dangerous driving and it's
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not worth putting your life and the lives of others in danger.
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And I just hope I have at least educated you a little bit and
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maybe giving you something to think about.
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And you might be a wonderful driver yourself.
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You might always stick to the limits.
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And that is wonderful. And for that, I thank you.
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I'm sure a lot of other people will, but I think as well, we
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could always do a little more to look out for the people around
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us. And, you know, maybe we have a
27:56
dad or a friend or a sister who drives dangerously and, you
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know, maybe you just want to take a moment to say, hey, Are
28:04
you sure you want to be doing that?
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You know, So anyway, yeah, that's, that's me done for
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today. I hope you don't mind these
28:12
slightly shorter videos at the moment.
28:15
And I'm just trying to work on making a few shorter videos for
28:18
when I'm away next weekend because I am shooting Tram
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Lines. I'm very, very excited.
28:23
Tram Lines is a music festival in Sheffield which is going to
28:27
be absolutely amazing this year. They've got Pulp, they've got
28:28
Franz Ferdinand, they've got Kasabian.
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I am so damn excited. I am going to be there
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photographing as many of the bands I've won and creating a
28:36
little bit of content while I'm there as well.
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And it's going to be an amazing day.
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So, and if I do have any people watching me in the UK who are
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going to be at Tramlines and you see me around, because I know
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last year a few of you messaged me afterwards, they're like, oh,
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I think I saw you around but I didn't want to say hi.
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If you see me absolutely please feel free to come say hi.
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I'll give you a hug, take a photo with you if you want.
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I don't know, whatever. The only exception is like when
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I'm in the photo pit and I'm actually taking photos because
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I've got limited time in there. But while I'm just like walking
29:03
around the festival. Yeah, definitely come say hi to
29:05
me and we'll have a chat and it'd be lovely.
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But yeah, that's that's been done for today.
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Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for listening to my
29:13
lecture voice. And this is yeah, it's something
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that I care about and I take very seriously and just want to
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talk about with you guys. So thank you for your time.
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Thank you for listening and thank you for thinking about
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other people. I appreciate you guys a lot and
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I'll see you again soon. Bye.