My wife and I drive I-25 everyday to commute to work and school. We have a nickname for I-25: "The Highway of Death." Everyday we see accidents on I-25 and drivers driving way too fast. I understand the fact that people are in a hurry and feel like if they drive a little faster than the speed limit they will get there a little sooner. I know the feeling that while driving if you can just get ahead of this one car you will be on time, or not as late. I have felt the exhilaration of finally passing that one truck or semi. These are feelings we all have while driving. Unfortunately driving has little to do with feelings and more to do with thinking. In accidents, which are caused by a driver's behavior, speeding causes 80% of all accidents. Engineers and traffic specialist create speed limits on roadways. These people spend their lives studying cars, roads, the physics accidents, and driver behavior. The speed limits are based on cars traveling with the three-second rule for distance between cars and road conditions. They are not arbitrary or meant to stop you from getting to work on time. Speed limits are a proven scientific fact, a fact that will allow everyone on the road to drive efficiently and safely. Unfortunately, most people, myself included, think that if they drive just 5 MPH plus the speed limit they will be safe. The facts don't stand up to this theory. The fact is just by increasing your speed by only five MPH over the speed limit you increase your risk of having an accident exponentially. By just going a little faster you decrease your ability to maintain a safe driving distance from the other cars, your reaction time is lessened to avoid something unexpected happening, and it can cause other drivers to follow you at increased speed and thus multiplying the risk by each driver following your lead. The average commute in Denver is twenty-three minutes. At an average speed of fifty-five MPH that means that most drivers on I