Speeding Persuasive Speech

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To Somerset Council. I am writing to inform you that there was a tragic accident involving a business man and a student outside of a school. We have recently found out that the business man that hit a young schoolboy with his car and subsequently died. He was currently rushing from one business meeting to another. There were many contributing factors that led to this horrific event. The road was wet at the time which reduces the friction between the road and the tyre and the stopping distance becomes further. We believe he was travelling at a speed between 40-45mph. The stopping distance of a car travelling at 40mph is 36 metres/120feet. There should be more signs telling the driver to slow down or even a speed camera. Pelican crossings or a zebra crossing should be the law outside of schools as there are many children and women before and after school. This would seriously reduce and accidents and the driver would face a longer prison sentence if he were to hit a pedestrian with his car on a pelican or zebra crossing.…show more content…
Speeding lessons should be advertised more to get the public more aware of the dangers of speeding. Children from the ages of 4-14 should be taught road safety awareness at schools and take an exam on this to enforce their understanding of the

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