6 in single extended family killed in Kentucky highway crash - U.S. News

After reading many studies concerning highway crashes and safety issues, it appears that driving on a highway/interstate is much more dangerous than driving on city streets. Reason? Speeds are much higher on highways/interstates versus city streets when combined with tailgaters. Tailgating at 40 MPH represents one type of risk, while tailgating at 70 - 80 MPH represents a greater risk.

The higher the speed the less room for mistakes. There are traffic lights involved in city driving which keeps speeds DOWN while on the highway everyone puts their foot to the floor board driving their bad brakes, bad shocks, no tread tires, loose tie rod ends trash heap of a car while yakking on their cell phones and tailgating the vehicle in front of them.

How stupid is that?