"Does speed really cause accidents? Seems to me that driver inattention, and aggression causes the smashups"

True. But the more speed the longer & farther it takes to stop when you get in trouble, and the harder you hit.

Of course, excessive speed is usually due to driver inattention, aggression, and stupidity, so we're back to the need for education.

I was trying, clumsily, I guess, to draw a parallel with gun restrictions & point out that deaths by car are somehow more forgivable than deaths by firearm. Teddy Kennedy's Chappaquiddick adventure got him in trouble, but if he'd killed Mary Jo Kopechne while demonstrating his quickdraw we wouldn't be seeing as much of him now.

No difference to Mary Jo, though.

clint