What’s a little extra 5 or 10 mph on the clock?

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    No.

    However i have been on roads where the posted speed limit was something like 45, but the average speed limit of the 10+ cars around me at any time was 65 / 70, due to the road’s design encouraging that speed. (This was when i was traveling in Long Island, NY).

    I could go against the grain and drive 45, and that would be perfectly legal, but likely more dangerous than trying to match the slowest speed of other cars around me.

    • MBech@feddit.dk
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      16 hours ago

      In my world, driving 45-55% faster than the speed limit is driving like a fucking lunatic, so yes, that is what you’re getting at.

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        16 hours ago

        It is so weird then that in the USA, there are places that driving “sane” singles you out, and is more dangerous.