 Then just days later, I stood at the bedside in a busy ER with a tearful family as they watched the promising life of a loved one flicker away. What do these two scenarios have in common? Well, both can be attributed to speed. Speeding is a type of aggressive driving behavior that some may try to explain by saying, I was late or traffic was bad. But truly, it is just general disregard for others, let alone you or your passenger. On the highway, we know speeding is illegal and accounts for over one quarter of all traffic-related fatalities.