excessive speed
Dangerously fast driving
Excessive speed is traveling faster than conditions safely allow or faster than the law permits.
The phrase appears most often in traffic enforcement and accident reports: The officer cited her for excessive speed.
Unlike a specific violation like "doing 80 in a 65 zone," excessive speed can apply even below posted limits when weather, visibility, or road conditions make that speed dangerous.
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- reckless drivingUnsafe vehicle operation
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- racingSpeed competition sport
drag racing · breakneck · lead foot · blur · adrenaline · whiplash · fast lane · tailgating · swerving · road rage · crash · screech · burning rubber · throttle · pedal · pedal to the metal · highway · chase
- chasespursuit, chase, flee, fleeing, escape
- speedingradar trap, highway patrol, radar gun, posted limit
- road ragetailgating, honking, cutting off, brake checking, middle finger
excessive speedsnail's pace
Extremely slow movement
walking pace · creeping · low speed · sluggishness · dawdling
excessive speedtaking one's time
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