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What I see is definitely more dangerous. Cars stack up in the passing lane behind the passing truck. Impatient people then jump into the empty slow lane to pass
by sojournerc 5y ago
What I see is definitely more dangerous. Cars stack up in the passing lane behind the passing truck. Impatient people then jump into the empty slow lane to pass the line of cars on the right, then merge greedily cutting in front of the line, making the whole situation worse.
- midasuni 5y agoSo drop the limit to 60 for everyone?
- emteycz 5y agoLow limit for everyone leads to more accidents - drivers watch speed and try to race between speedcameras instead of riding through quickly but safely.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoRight: even with current limits, I spend a completely unreasonable amount of time glancing at the speedo, worrying about if I'm going over the limit and trying to shepherd the speed within the limit, rather than paying more attention to the traffic conditions around me. This is actually much worse on 20 roads that are converted from 30s by just swapping the signs: they were specifically designed for higher speed, so it's a constant, conscious effort to keep the speedo in mind and sight and carefully not drive to the road. I feel that this is something people didn't have to do so much: with an analogue speedo, you can't really see your speed to 2 sig figs while driving, with a digital one, you know if you're at 20 or 23 (after your car speedo error, obviously). The implication is that it previously wasn't so important to drivers.