how fast is too fast

"Can you control your bike at 60 km/hr? 
What if  someone suddenly cut in or some animal
crosses the road?"
Dr. K quipped as I rushed to his clinic for emergency
first aid & a shot of painkiller for the bike accident
I had just been in!!Well,that was already few months
away; but this one pertinent question still lingers on
my mind whenever i'm driving. Yelp it's true, the
more I thought of it, the more I see the wisdom in
those words...  

Anyone who have worked in a hazardous industries
like steel,oil,chemicals etc. would've easily testified
how strictly  we adhere to  those safety standards
being dictated and they were carried out without
any question; wherein safety is not a matter of
choice, it is followed religiously which  otherwise
the headcount would've been much higher....  

Safety tag lines like
"Be safe, your family needs you!!"
      "Safety first!!" 
"If it cannot be done safely, it need
       not be done in unsafe way!!" 

The keyword here is SAFETY , and when you take
care of yourself first, then only you can take care
of your family.  Some questions worth asking
yourself whenever you are tempted to zoom past
other motorists, switching lanes as in your
favorite action movies, the thrill of overtaking
others and watching them slowly disappear from
you as you zoom past them ...
Well then is the appropriate time to think about 
those tag lines once again. 

Here are few scenarios  : 
1) be it 50 km/hr or 75 km/hr or more, will you
be able to control your bike/car if suddenly
something unexpected happens. Not that i have
mellowed down, but in hindsight it's worth
asking yourself this question every once in a
while. 
2) it's never worth it - once you have had
experienced being in an accident or have seen a
number of accident victims, it's never worth the
risk considering that searing pain and all the
time it takes for an accident wound to heal. 

3) don't be in a hurry - i still remember the
day i got my first bike and someone close to
me say "mang, don't be in a hurry". A bit funny
and sissy at that time but as the years passed
on, i certainly see the wisdom in those words

So, for the sake of yourself, your soul, your
close circle of friends and family and even for
those generations that you would brought forth...
hehe!!!  It's always to be safe than sorry.

Nobody can determine how fast you should
go, you decide.

Thanks