Fast is safe

Maurice Trintignant and his 1950 Ferrari F1. Nurbürgring, 1998.

Fast is safe

Maurice Trintignant, the uncle of Jean Louis, the actor, was one of France’s greatest racing drivers. In 1967, he published a book intended for all car drivers entitled “How to Drive Your Car”. In it, he shot down a couple of misconceptions, such as the one about speed being the cause of accidents. Trintignant demonstrated the contrary :  speed limits are dangerous because driving slowly robs one of focus. Speed limits are specific to each vehicle, each driver, and are a function of adherence and visibility. Those countless speed limit signs are a dangerous absurdity. Are there any intelligences left, non-formatted by the prevailing doxa, infantilizing and disempowering, to recognize one’s common sense?