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People generally drive the safe speed for the road they are travelling on. The fact that you're being passed (probably on the right a lot of the times) means yo

by Sargos 5y ago

People generally drive the safe speed for the road they are travelling on. The fact that you're being passed (probably on the right a lot of the times) means you are driving slower than traffic and are actually a danger to other drivers. You might think you are being morally high and mighty but you are actually putting innocent lives in danger. Please have some introspection here.

gjsman-1000 5y ago
So I am the dangerous one for not engaging in dangerous activity. Gotcha.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  You are the dangerous one for not engaging in an illegal but safer activity. It kinda assumes you're right if you call it a dangerous activity.
  - Filligree 5y ago
    The illegal activity is in fact illegal. Nothing more should need to be said.
    - fallingknife 5y ago
      If you are an authoritarian, yes.
    - HWR_14 5y ago
      Plenty more should be said. It's a bad law that endangers people and should be changed. Going an unsafe speed is another law, and its entirely possible that there is no speed that does not violate one of those laws. The law is a relic of when cars were less safe, and the same safety can be achieved with much higher speeds.
- orwin 5y ago
  No, you are just more conscious about speed-related issues than your local council. They should engage in road work to reduce the road width, making everyone slow down.
- qubitcoder 5y ago
  You are behaving dangerously. Accidents are caused by speed differences (one reason). People changing lanes to pass you introduces all sorts of additional complexity, increases speed deltas, reduces reaction time, limits visibility, requires quicker maneuvers, forces other drivers to double and triple check that others aren't trying to pass simultaneously, increases the risk to pedestrians and cyclists, etc. Deliberately going the speed limit when it results in other drivers constantly passing you increases the danger to to everyone else around you significantly. Please give this some thought. Ideally, the German model would be enforced. Slower traffic keeps right, left lanes are for overtaking. And many places are unrestricted, meaning there's no speed limit. The system works quite well, and the flow of traffic is _vastly_ more predictable, and feels a lot safer than the US interstate system.
Xylakant 5y ago
> People generally drive the safe speed for the road they are travelling on. Can you substantiate that assertion somehow? People drive the speed that they feel safe with, but that is not necessarily true. It may be safe most of the time, but change due to external circumstances. It’s safe most of the time to drive 50km/h in a residential zone, except that one time when a child jumps out from behind a car.
- orangepurple 5y ago
  The taxi study proved that drivers tend to take greater risks in cars equipped with ABS (although the difference in collision rates was not significant). In short, ABS may do more harm than good. https://archive.ph/QKVjR https://archive.ph/QKVjR

by Sargos 5y ago

gjsman-1000 5y ago

So I am the dangerous one for not engaging in dangerous activity. Gotcha.

HWR_14 5y ago
You are the dangerous one for not engaging in an illegal but safer activity. It kinda assumes you're right if you call it a dangerous activity.
- Filligree 5y ago
  The illegal activity is in fact illegal. Nothing more should need to be said.
  - fallingknife 5y ago
    If you are an authoritarian, yes.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    Plenty more should be said. It's a bad law that endangers people and should be changed. Going an unsafe speed is another law, and its entirely possible that there is no speed that does not violate one of those laws. The law is a relic of when cars were less safe, and the same safety can be achieved with much higher speeds.
orwin 5y ago
No, you are just more conscious about speed-related issues than your local council. They should engage in road work to reduce the road width, making everyone slow down.
qubitcoder 5y ago
You are behaving dangerously. Accidents are caused by speed differences (one reason). People changing lanes to pass you introduces all sorts of additional complexity, increases speed deltas, reduces reaction time, limits visibility, requires quicker maneuvers, forces other drivers to double and triple check that others aren't trying to pass simultaneously, increases the risk to pedestrians and cyclists, etc. Deliberately going the speed limit when it results in other drivers constantly passing you increases the danger to to everyone else around you significantly. Please give this some thought. Ideally, the German model would be enforced. Slower traffic keeps right, left lanes are for overtaking. And many places are unrestricted, meaning there's no speed limit. The system works quite well, and the flow of traffic is _vastly_ more predictable, and feels a lot safer than the US interstate system.

Xylakant 5y ago

> People generally drive the safe speed for the road they are travelling on. Can you substantiate that assertion somehow? People drive the speed that they feel safe with, but that is not necessarily true. It may be safe most of the time, but change due to external circumstances. It’s safe most of the time to drive 50km/h in a residential zone, except that one time when a child jumps out from behind a car.

orangepurple 5y ago
The taxi study proved that drivers tend to take greater risks in cars equipped with ABS (although the difference in collision rates was not significant). In short, ABS may do more harm than good. https://archive.ph/QKVjR https://archive.ph/QKVjR