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UnsteadyOwl posted... The posted speed limit, even though I know that's not a popular answer.You could just like...pull to the side and let them pass instead of acting like you own the road. Takes all of a few seconds, probably don't even need to come to a full stop if it's only one mean tailgater behind you looking to pass (not the case if you're so slow you've stacked up like half a dozen cars in a train behind you).
Where I used to live there was a road I would drive down fairly often where the speed limit was 35 so I'd drive 35 and I'd almost always get somebody tailgating me. My attitude was I'm not going to speed up for your benefit because if I do and I get a ticket or get into an accident because of it I don't think you're going to pay for it.
The ideal driving speed is what the flow of traffic is doing.
You could just like...pull to the side and let them pass instead of acting like you own the road. Takes all of a few seconds, probably don't even need to come to a full stop if it's only one mean tailgater behind you looking to pass (not the case if you're so slow you've stacked up like half a dozen cars in a train behind you).First, it's not a road where there are easy spots to pull off. I'd have had to pull onto a side road or into someone's driveway.
I've pulled over for people before and I go over the damn limit already. Never understood the weird pride/hubris of refusing to do so.
First, it's not a road where there are easy spots to pull off. I'd have had to pull onto a side road or into someone's driveway.Theres literally a section about you in the defensive driving class.
Second, that might make sense if I was driving below the speed limit, but that's not what I was doing. I wasn't stopping anyone from driving the legal speed limit. If someone's upset because they can't drive over the limit that's not my problem.
First, it's not a road where there are easy spots to pull off. I'd have had to pull onto a side road or into someone's driveway.If you are impeding the normal flow of traffic you are a danger to other drivers and yourself
Second, that might make sense if I was driving below the speed limit, but that's not what I was doing. I wasn't stopping anyone from driving the legal speed limit. If someone's upset because they can't drive over the limit that's not my problem.
If you are impeding the normal flow of traffic you are a danger to other drivers and yourselfDo you have a link or something for that? If I'm driving the speed limit and a person is tailgating me it seems like I'm following the law and they're not but you're saying I'm the one who's in the wrong.
Whatever speed is safe and appropriate. Fuck arbitrary speed limits.
20 years ago my cop-turned-FBI uncle told me it's okay to drive up to 10% over the speed limit.You really driving 27.5 mph in a 25?
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/limit
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Do you have a link or something for that? If I'm driving the speed limit and a person is tailgating me it seems like I'm following the law and they're not but you're saying I'm the one who's in the wrong.
Don't most Americans still think seatbelts are infringing on rights or have they relaxed a bit thereGoing with the flow of traffic is almost always safer than following a strict limit. If everyone around you is going a certain speed and youre not, whether thats much faster or much slower, you indeed become the danger on the road.
Fuck me imagine genuinely defending speeding and claiming it's more safe
It's bizzaro land in this thread
Going with the flow of traffic is almost always safer than following a strict limit. If everyone around you is going a certain speed and youre not, whether thats much faster or much slower, you indeed become the danger on the road.
How often in America are 9 people speeding with 1 old grandma trying to go the speed limit (how dare her) your use of "everyone" makes it seem like going over the limit is the default thing when drivingon the freeway going over the limit is the default. Thats just how it is.
It's very different where I'm from, you've usually got 9 people trying to drive safe and normal and one idiot weaving in and out of traffic, speeding, tailgating, all to save a few seconds
Don't most Americans still think seatbelts are infringing on rights
Do you have a link or something for that? If I'm driving the speed limit and a person is tailgating me it seems like I'm following the law and they're not but you're saying I'm the one who's in the wrong.Everyone driving bumper to bumper is more unsafe than just going 5 over because thats what the flow of traffic would be if you werent slowing everything done
Q. Isnt driving always safer?
A. No, federal and state studies have consistently shown that the drivers most likely to get into accidents in traffic are those traveling significantly below the average speed. According to an Institute of Transportation Engineers Study, those driving 10 mph slower than the prevailing speed are six times as likely to be involved in an accident. That means that if the average speed on an interstate is 70 mph, the person traveling at 60 mph is far more likely to be involved in an accident than someone going 70 or even 80 mph.
Everyone driving bumper to bumper is more unsafe than just going 5 over because thats what the flow of traffic would be if you werent slowing everything doneMy example was a two-lane road with two cars on the road. How are you determining "flow of traffic" that situation?
the odds of you getting a ticket for 5 over are infinitesimal
the law on multi-lane roads in most states is that slower traffic needs to keep rightthis language is specifically worded to not mention speed limit because driving slower than everyone else is unsafe
https://ww2.motorists.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/speed-limit-fact-sheet.pdf