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Which of the following is true about speed on highways?
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Higher speeds contribute to more crashes resulting in more severe injuries and deaths.
Law enforcement does not stop a driver unless a driver is more than 10 mph over the speed limit.
Speed limits are limits a driver must obey regardless of weather or road conditions.
Every interstate has a speed lane where you can go faster than the posted speed limit.
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"Higher speeds contribute to more crashes resulting in more severe injuries and deaths." — True.
Explanation (brief): Higher speed increases the chances of a crash (less time to react, longer stopping distances) and greatly increases crash severity because kinetic energy rises with the square of speed. The other statements are false: police can stop drivers for any unsafe/illegal speed (not only >10 mph over), speed limits are maximums under ideal conditions and you must slow for weather/road conditions, and there is no special "speed lane" that allows exceeding the posted limit.
Explanation (brief): Higher speed increases the chances of a crash (less time to react, longer stopping distances) and greatly increases crash severity because kinetic energy rises with the square of speed. The other statements are false: police can stop drivers for any unsafe/illegal speed (not only >10 mph over), speed limits are maximums under ideal conditions and you must slow for weather/road conditions, and there is no special "speed lane" that allows exceeding the posted limit.
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