Sunday 23 September 2007

Murder is Murder, No matter what the Weapon

Saw this caption in one of the awareness campaigns on TV today. The theme goes somewhat like this:

We are shown a lot of convicted murderers along with the description of how they committed the act and using what means. For instance, one guy serving 12 years in prison for fatally stabbing someone, another person serving 15 years for shooting someone etc, and in the end, a guy serving 9 years in jail for running over and killing a child while over speeding. The campaign ends with:

MURDER IS MURDER, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEAPON.
OVER SPEEDING KILLS. DRIVE SAFELY.

The campaign really got me thinking. I, by no means can be described a rash driver. Also, I have observed many of my friends trying to pull stunts like racing in public, skidding the car and what not and have often chastised them. But i have never really respected speed limits much and generally feel that the safe driving speed varies on the traffic, road condition etc.

If you allow yourselves such liberty, does that make you a dangerous driver?

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