Sharjah Police experiment
To test the effects of speeding, Sharjah Police ran a real-life experiment on a 34-kilometre highway. Drivers travelled the same distance at three different speeds:
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100 km/h – about 20 minutes
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120 km/h – about 17 minutes
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140 km/h – about 13 minutes
The difference was striking. Driving 40 km/h faster saved only seven minutes compared with driving at 100 km/h. Even between 120 km/h and 140 km/h, the difference was just four minutes.
