I'll take this a bit further. Pretty much every accident I've been in, and that's like one, would have been avoided if I had a lighter car, bigger brakes, and tires, more agility.
I was driving in San Francisco, coming down a hill, and on the right side, two girls were walking down the street, with see through tops, and giant breasts. As I watched, two cars ahead, someone slammed on their
brakes, put their heads down, as did the car that was between us, both waiting to see if I could brake hard enough, and fast enough not to rear end the other car. Not quite, but close. Pretty sure it was an insurance scam, since
right after this, the car that had slammed the brakes disappeared, as did the girls, pretty much instantly. Also the single guy in the car I bumped was very calm, too calm, like he'd done this before.
A number of other near accidents were avoided simply due to the ability to either accelerate, or move right or left quickly, or with my old mustang, brake quickly.
I find higher speed driving keeps you engaged with driving, and focused on that, rather then the millions of other things they put in cars so you crash, and they can sell you a new car.
Also the one thing that I do that gets me closer to getting hit is changing lanes left, looking over my shoulder, checking the blind spot, and then starting the move. At this point
Someone going 30-40 miles an hour faster decides to dart into my blind spot, as I move left. So far, they have never finished the act, but, if I had a faster car, that wouldn't be a problem.;-)
Loud exhaust noise scares people, and attracts LEO, and hurts your ears.