Read the following context and answer the question.
Context: I had just fallen asleep when I got treated to a crash of body clenching proportions outside my window . A taxi ran a stop sign at 40 mph out in front of a mercedes that was also likely speeding ( being a mercedes ) . Mercedes hits front corner of taxi , gets spun around , knocks taxi off course into nearest tree . They call it wrapping your car around a tree for a reason .
Question: What may be the reason for the taxi running the stop sign ?
Answer:


They were in a hurry .