Sentences with phrase «speed given the circumstances»

The first defendant had ridden his motorcycle at an excessive speed given the circumstances.

Not exact matches

Somewhat similar circumstances — game is out of reach, one WR using all of his speed to not give up on a play and force a fumble.

When the match race takes its place in racing's history books, the fundamentalists will almost inevitably give decisive weight to the circumstance mentioned by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons elsewhere in this issue: over an off track (in patches slow) Nashua and Swaps raced together at killing early speed: five - eighths of a mile in 58 seconds, three - quarters of a mile in 1:10 2/5 — two seconds faster than Swaps's time at the same point in the Kentucky Derby over a fast track.

Daniel Ricciardo: Ricciardo's three - place grid penalty for speeding under red - flag conditions may have been a harsh one given the circumstances, nevertheless it was still a mistake which left the Aussie with more work to do in his home grand prix.

It also gives the EcoBoost more gears to choose from, optimizing the gearing for more circumstances — from low gearing at slow speeds to tall gearing at high speeds.

You must show that you were driving safely given all the facts and circumstances to rebut the presumption that you were driving unsafely by speeding.

And so there is nothing on the face of the definition of stunt driving to give guidance to cop or Crown attorney as to what the circumstance are that would make a racing charge appropriate rather than a simple speeding charge.

Moreover, the question of whether a given rate of speed may limit the ability of a prudent driver to adjust to changing circumstances on the highway is not, I suspect, something that can be answered without expert evidence regarding brake and reaction times etc..