First, speeding contributes to a high percentage of accidents because drivers continue to speed, despite warnings about the dangers and even the risk of receiving a speeding ticket. However, speeding also has several inherent dangers that can increase the risk of traffic accidents. Speeding makes it more difficult for drivers to control their vehicles. At high rates of speed, drivers need to have faster reflexes than they do at lower speeds. As speed increases, drivers must steer earlier, whether they need to navigate around a turn or another vehicle that has pulled out in front of them. Unfortunately, many drivers lack the control they need to navigate safely at those high rates of speed, particularly when they allow themselves to grow distracted or have spent a long time on the road, which increases the risk of road haze. Speeding increases the time needed to slow or stop a vehicle. At high rates of speed, vehicles simply need more time to come to a complete stop or even to slow down. Even with the best reflexes, stepping on the brake does not mean that the vehicle stops instantly. While it may begin the process, the vehicle will need time to reduce its speed to a safer level. Speeding drivers may not have adequate time to respond to a sudden need to stop: a pedestrian that steps out in the road in front of them, another vehicle that stops abruptly, or even an unexpected traffic light change. Speeding may make it harder for other drivers to predict the speeding driver’s behaviors or rate of speed. Often, particularly on familiar streets, drivers who need to pull out into traffic or cross traffic will judge the speed of other drivers based on how fast they should move, not necessarily on how fast they do move. Drivers may also gauge speed based on how fast each vehicle thus far has moved past them. Judging the speed of a fast-moving vehicle can be more difficult when one driver moves at a much faster rate than others in the area. Unfortunately, increased difficulty in judging speed can make it more difficult for another driver to merge or cross traffic. Due to the high rate of speed, the speeding driver may not have adequate time to get out of the way or avoid a collision. Speeding also increases the force involved in a collision. In addition to increasing the risk of accidents in general, speeding also increases the force of the collision. Speeding drivers may slam into other vehicles much faster, which may lead to much more severe injuries. Speeding and driving too fast for conditions can increase fatality rates and lead to lifelong injuries, including traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. At lower rates of speed, accidents often involve much less severe injuries and damage to the vehicles involved.