Slow drivers create more accidents on high speed roads than fast drivers.

[Beet]

I'll never forget the night I was heading westbound on I-66 in late February 2008. I was working on the Hillary campaign and it was the night before I was supposed to ship out to Texas (boy did they need help!) We all worked crazy hours in those days so by the time I got off work there were no other cars on the road so I was going fast, maybe 75. There was a mist in the road that obscured visibility but it was hard to tell by how much since it was so dark anyway. I vaguely noticed a pair of red headlights in front of me, in the distance. I figure they're probably going 60 or so so I'd catch up to them and pass them to the side. I waited to catch up to them. All of a sudden I was right on them. How did I get so close? It was then that I realized they weren't going ~60, they were going more like 35 or so. F__kers! I was about to rear end them, and rear end them hard. At the last minute, I tried to swerve into the left lane to miss the collision. It seemed to work, but then I felt the wheels go wobbly beneath me. Before I knew it I had lost control and was heading straight into the bushes off the right side of the road. This is it, I thought to myself, bracing for impact. Instinctively I turned the wheel to the left and suddenly the car was in a full spin, turning back towards the road. I vaguely remembered that in those situations you're supposed to turn into the spin. It worked! After a 270 spin the car came to a rest in the middle of the road, facing backwards. By the grace of God there were no other cars in sight. The slow car in front of me was still visible in the distance but if they'd seen my wild gyrations they hadn't slowed. If I had died they would have just driven away. It was my fault, anyway.

Slow drivers, say what you want about them (now us). All I know is, I'd rather be in 10 fender benders than one of those 70 mph into a tree through the windshield types.