Agreed, I agree that it can be unsafe. However, if you're going the speed limit, it reduces the chances significantly that you were doing something grossly negl

Agreed, I agree that it can be unsafe. However, if you're going the speed limit, it reduces the chances significantly that you were doing something grossly negligent or unsafe that works warrant an unusually harsh sentence for what was an accident. Normally, such sentences are only given in cases of major negligence, like intoxication, or going at a very high rate of speed.