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Everyone should speed the majority of the time, amirite?

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Sometimes traffic flows better if everyone drives slower. Especially at peak times. There is an optimal speed at which a traffic jam will not form in certain circumstances.

Also air resistance increases with the squared of speed so higher speeds equal significant extra fuel consumption. I know a lot of folk don't care about that.

freq432s avatar freq432 Yeah You Are +7Reply
@freq432 Sometimes traffic flows better if everyone drives slower. Especially at peak times. There is an optimal speed at...

You have a good point. When there is extreme congestion, I wouldn't think everyone should speed.

@kervernspercer You have a good point. When there is extreme congestion, I wouldn't think everyone should speed.

Then realtime meters should be added telling you there are too many cars to speed anyway

@freq432 Sometimes traffic flows better if everyone drives slower. Especially at peak times. There is an optimal speed at...

also if everyone would leave 3 to 5 car lengths (good breaking distance) between each other we could nearly eliminate traffic. its always that ass hole who has to be up everybody's bumper that's causing the traffic.

@kervernspercer also if everyone would leave 3 to 5 car lengths (good breaking distance) between each other we could nearly...

Also when all the lanes are not moving, and the one next to you moves before yours, you changing lanes just makes more traffic for the rest of us. But hey, you enjoy every bit of that one extra car length!

teknogreeks avatar teknogreek Yeah You Are +6Reply

Yeah, this is a dukb and dangerous take tbh

Yet you will always be at the same red light as me 95% of the time

@Achilles982 Yet you will always be at the same red light as me 95% of the time

I've done this enough to consistently make it past people at lights. 5mph makes a huge differences when approaching a yellow.

@kervernspercer I've done this enough to consistently make it past people at lights. 5mph makes a huge differences when approaching...

Anywhere that has lights is somewhere you should drive the speed limit. Highways are a different matter.

@Tldfonat Wow how do you have a license? You're a horrible driver who dangerously speeds

Haha I am not at all actually. Passed my drivers test with a perfect score. Never been pulled over. Never been in an accident. Never had a close call.

@kervernspercer Haha I am not at all actually. Passed my drivers test with a perfect score. Never been pulled over. Never been in...

How long have you been driving? If you don't mind aging yourself.

Also ever consider that slick lane change at the last second so you could smoke em through the yellow, and lets be honest, probably more then a few reds, caused someone to brake hard in front of one of these other assholes watching tiktok driving down the road, and caused an accident.

Yea, you weren't in the accident, and the actual fault was the distracted guy, but you did initiate it, and may have done so dozens of times and you know, since you never see them again, have no idea it happened. Eventually a dash cam is gonna catch up with you.

@Kionix How long have you been driving? If you don't mind aging yourself. Also ever consider that slick lane change at...

About 7 years. And you've raised an important point! I am not telling people to execute slick lane changes. I have only spoken of not going below or strictly at the speed limit, preferably 5mph above. I do not change lanes hazardously, I am careful in maneuvering my vehicle. I am a defensive driver and I am always scanning my surroundings. I do not drive recklessly and without concern for the people around me, and I would argue that those who refuse to approach or pass the speed limit are being the most inconsiderate of other drivers. I don't mind people driving slowly until I get stuck behind them and they make me miss a light that has a long cycle, which then causes me to barely miss the next light, and the next light, and so on. Frustrating when a person driving 40/45 in a 50 makes you miss the next ten lights.

@kervernspercer About 7 years. And you've raised an important point! I am not telling people to execute slick lane changes. I have...

mmm, 7 years of probably 30-60 minutes of driving ~365 days a year is maybe 15k miles a year on average.

I've been doing that by about 20x for as long as you have been driving, almost exactly! Before then I've spent years doing delivery driving, driving various sorts of work trucks to job sites, hell I probably got 50k miles on a motorcycle, and probably 20k of them in the dirt. I can tell you with a lot of wisdom, that you are not actually saving that much time. You will in the long run save much more time by leaving 5 minutes earlier, then rushing through these lights. It will catch you up eventually.

@bigdaddy69-4life mmm, 7 years of probably 30-60 minutes of driving ~365 days a year is maybe 15k miles a year on average. I've...

It's not really the time aspect from start to finish of a trip. It's more like "damn I'm stuck at this light when I could have kept going, and now I have to idle for 3 minutes before wasting gas accelerating" etc. i am aware that when driving short distances, speeding does not make much of a difference. But my commute to work is nearly an hour one way, and to get stuck at lights the whole time because someone in front of me is driving under or exactly at the speed limit is infuriating. I also can't stand when people move slowly in congested places, such as amusement parks or grocery stores. I just hate being stuck behind slow people in general I suppose :)

@kervernspercer It's not really the time aspect from start to finish of a trip. It's more like "damn I'm stuck at this light when I...

I'd find a better route. There is almost always back roads. If the lights affect your commute this drastically, a technically longer route might save you time.

KilljoyXs avatar KilljoyX Yeah You Are +1Reply
@KilljoyX I'd find a better route. There is almost always back roads. If the lights affect your commute this drastically, a...

I live in a somewhat rural area and work in a very urban one (25 mile commute one way). Lights are unavoidable from any direction unfortunately, although as much as I can spend away from them I do! Good idea though :)

@Achilles982 Yet you will always be at the same red light as me 95% of the time

my dad says this too… i hate to spoil it for you but it's closer to 5% than 95%

I drive the speed limit, under if no one is behind me, your risk of death increases exponentially the faster you go, your car runs optimal gas economy at 55, you should drive slower.

People should have more urgency when they drive, but should do so safely.

Bit of an oxymoron there, eh?

@Suspiciousauthor People should have more urgency when they drive, but should do so safely. Bit of an oxymoron there, eh?

You can be safe and urgent. Many people who are driving too slow actually create less-than-safe driving conditions when they slow down the speed of traffic in their lane.

@kervernspercer You can be safe and urgent. Many people who are driving too slow actually create less-than-safe driving conditions...

Not according to the driving ed. Driving with a sense of urgency increases your risk of having an accident.

And ironically, anything below 10mph is considered dangerous in proportional amounts to speeding lol

Did you ever watch Mythbusters' experiment on speeding? The amount of time you're saving is negligible. Even aggressive speeders aren't able to shave 2 or 3 minutes off their commute. Your driving habits honestly just increase the risk of collisions for nothing more than to satisfy your lack of patience.

jodzdzownicas avatar jodzdzownica Yeah You Are +3Reply
@Mrtechnohawk Sure you do, buddy.

I drive a large enough distance for the speeding to make a difference. It goes from a 45 minute drive to a 40 minute one. As long as I don't get stuck behind people going 5mph under the speed limit ;)

@kervernspercer I shave 5 minutes off my commute every day.

Even if you did, for what purpose? At what risk? Just leave 5 minutes earlier

@dankXD Even if you did, for what purpose? At what risk? Just leave 5 minutes earlier

Efficiency and despising sitting at lights that take 3 minutes to turn back to green.

@DueBodybuilde Sounds like the kind of driving that starts the road rage doesn't it?

Yeah, people should get off the road and learn to drive if they don't know how to at least drive the speed limit.

"People should drive in an unsafe way because I do."

5 over in town, 10 over on the highway, derigueur.

On open roads or highways, I get it... I go 5-10 mph over the speed limit... on roads I know and ones that I know are littered with cops. In-town driving... I will not speed... those limits are set for the safety of everyone in that area including pedestrians and children. I know when it's safe to speed and when I need to follow the traffic laws to a T.

Cheytuflyas avatar Cheytuflya Yeah You Are +3Reply
@kervernspercer I am mostly referring to open roads, highways, and freeways. You got it!

That is not nearly what you said. You literally said people should only drive the speed limit during unusual circumstances... completely incorrect and unsafe.

Who gets to decide if you're "speeding safely"? It'd be chaos.

Vexontes avatar Vexonte Yeah You Are +3Reply

Car accidents are literally one of the leading causes of death in America (usa). Shocking isn't it.

synthsexuals avatar synthsexual Yeah You Are +3Reply
@synthsexual Car accidents are literally one of the leading causes of death in America (usa). Shocking isn't it.

I doubt this is because of speeding by 5mph lol. Probably due to distracted drivers who look at their phones, run red lights, drive drunk or high, and don't check their blind spots when changing lanes.

Yes officer, this guy right here. Just follow them around a bunch and you'll make bank!

Framie1s avatar Framie1 Yeah You Are +3Reply
@Framie1 Yes officer, this guy right here. Just follow them around a bunch and you'll make bank!

I have never seen a cop not speed. Not sure if there are regional differences, but every cop I drive near is speeding more than I am, by a good 10-25mph.

I drive the speed limit always, it just helps that speeding morons get mad about it

Technasiss avatar Technasis Yeah You Are +3Reply

Urgency and safety...somehow those two words just don't go with each other.

Professor-kaosss avatar Professor-kaoss Yeah You Are +3Reply

Speed limit on open roads makes no sense. It just inconveniences people.

Cue the assholes who think they're deputized to enforce the speed limit by cruising at the speed limit in the left lane.

Balkany4Evers avatar Balkany4Ever Yeah You Are +3Reply

ugh god just NO

jodzdzownicas avatar jodzdzownica Yeah You Are +3Reply

I agree with everything except the actual speed limit. I don't mind that, but please get into the right lane or middle lane.

I think this is where aggressive driving is OK under the right weather conditions.

I do

I'm not getting a $150-$300 ticket because you're impatient.

Get mad.

Some-Noname-idks avatar Some-Noname-idk Yeah You Are +2Reply
@Some-Noname-idk I'm not getting a $150-$300 ticket because you're impatient. Get mad.

Boo never gotten pulled over for speeding, because cops pulling someone over for speeding by 5mph is likely rare. Cops in my area consistently speed 5-15mph depending on the area.

@Openeyes So because you've never been pulled over for it, it never happens. Gotcha.

Not what I said! :) I even used easy words like "likely" and "rarely" to denote uncertainty and outliers.

But what's the point? If they raised the speedlimit by 5, would you be happy with it or insist on 5 over that?

Openeyess avatar Openeyes Yeah You Are +2Reply
@Openeyes But what's the point? If they raised the speedlimit by 5, would you be happy with it or insist on 5 over that?

It depends. Freeway? Probably. Many people already speed by 20mph where I'm from. If the road is extremely curvy, no.

I completely agree with OP. Anyone who follows the exact speed limit makes me want to rip my head off out of frustration. Like, MOVE. Or at least drive in the right lane if you INSIST on going slow. Get out of the fast lane if you can't handle the pressure.

@Apartlavishness I completely agree with OP. Anyone who follows the exact speed limit makes me want to rip my head off out of...

Thank you! Don't get me started on when idiots stay side by side on a two lane road not allowing anyone to pass on either side. So annoying!

Respectfully, I disagree OP. People are too distracted in today's society and have too much road rage to have a sense of urgency. There is a reason why insurance is so expensive -people today are incredibly reckless at any speed but especially high speed.

@404ChompyNotFound Respectfully, I disagree OP. People are too distracted in today's society and have too much road rage to have a...

I believe driving recklessly is a separate issue from speeding. If you are in a 40mph zone with winding roads and you speed to 65mph and crash, you were driving recklessly. You were speeding faster than your car could handle.

If you are in a 55mph zone and you are driving 60-65mph, monitoring your surroundings, checking your blind spots, and driving aggressively, I think you would be driving safely.

Speed limits are not a suggestion and yeah 5 mph is also a big difference for the person you're hitting

@ambitiouscorner Speed limits are not a suggestion and yeah 5 mph is also a big difference for the person you're hitting

Hitting someone is usually from not giving yourself a large enough buffer, being distracted, not checking blind spots, etc., not from speeding by 5mph.

Employer monitors speed and I get paid by the hour so when I'm at work I'm doing speed limit

Shiny244s avatar Shiny244 Yeah You Are +1Reply

How much value would that really offer?

Speeding does absolutely nothing. I drive the speed limit everywhere. And trust me i like to go fast, no speedlimit on highways and stuff. But theres no point in it. It burns more gas, its more dangerous to you and others (reaction time, breaking distance, impact force) and its not even much faster. Everyone who overtakes me just ends up next to me at the next red light, or at best saved 2 mins of their time. No point

I drive on one of the least congested stretches of freeway in SoCal and invariably have to deal with the biggest idiots who feel they can't change over 3 lanes because "there's plenty of room". These are the people that make me speed. It happens daily and my reasons for going 10-15 miles over the speed limit is to avoid these people, get in that nice buffer between those people who are way ahead of me and those going slower.

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