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On straight drive road trips from Washington State to California in my late teens to early twenty’s, driving 80 vs 60 had a huge effect in my mind. 16 hours at
by sethc2 6y ago
On straight drive road trips from Washington State to California in my late teens to early twenty’s, driving 80 vs 60 had a huge effect in my mind.
16 hours at 60mph vs 12hrs at 80mph seemed like a lot. Even counting the half hour I lost getting a ticket I got going 80 in a 60 in weed, , I swear to this day I still see lots of speed traps there.
Where as a 12 minute drive around my hometown didn’t mean much to me compared to a 16 minute one.
Maybe that’s because I’m one of those people who has a hard time counting how I spend my minutes in a day, and I generally count in hours.
Though now that I’m older the idea of a road trip to California taking several days sounds more appealing than speeding through the night. Though maybe that’s because I’m no longer working my highschool $6.50/hour job, and stopping lots for food and hotels doesn’t sound like going broke.
- covfiefy 6y agoNow consider that kinetic energy increases with the square of velocity. Going from 60mph to 80mph may save some time on a really long road trip but increases the energy you'll feel in a crash by 77%
- sethc2 6y agoGood point, though not as if my 20 something self would’ve thought of that. I would go like 125mph on the 520 floating bridge on my motorcycle, because.... I have no idea. :)