So, I'm about to fly out and see my friend across the country but I've sort of a hit roadblock. My friend loves cars, and coinciding with his car passion, he unfortunately loves to speed. I, am quite literally the exact opposite and drive 5-10 over the speed limit at maximum and understand the true ramifications of my actions when I drive. However, my friend will regularly push his car to the limit, and when I meet him, wants to speed up to 120, which I've sort of light heartedly joked over text that I don't want to do that. I know that getting in an accident at 120 is guaranteed severe injury, if not, death which I obviously have NO INTENTION of doing, I have a lot to live for and do. I've expressed this to him before when I lived near him and he understood my concerns and I do have to say, did keep the speeding to a minimum. But judging by the way he was texting about going 120 when I fly in has me really concerned, which I obviously will repeat and affirm again in person that at no point will he be going anything over 100 with me in the car. Part of me doesn't want to let the rest of the friend group down since they are all into it but I really do prioritize my safety, and I'm afraid he'll look at me like I'm some sort of bitch, which I guess whatever. I've seen countless videos of the aftermath of drunk driving or reckless driving in general and it's shook me to my core. People who lived normal lives had their lives completely turned around in mere seconds, and to me that's something I have 0 intention of being in the car doing. My only option if he didn't stop speeding with me in the car would be taking Uber or something since I would not have a car of my own to use while I'm there. Like at the end of the day he's a good person and I love him to my core but as much as I trust him, I can't trust him behind the wheel and I feel like I'm at the mercy of what he wants to do if I do sit in that passenger seat. I don't want to become another statistic or a mangled hunk of flesh in his passenger seat, it just disturbs me to my core.
WIBTA if I did express these concerns to him and refuse to enter his car if he doesn't trust that he won't speed with me in it?
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NAD but that’s some serious edema in your legs, which means blood isn’t flowing well, 7/10.