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If you do a lot of driving on rural 2-lane highways, I could see reasonable justification for investing significantly in being able to pass quickly, having seen
by ShroudedNight 3y ago
If you do a lot of driving on rural 2-lane highways, I could see reasonable justification for investing significantly in being able to pass quickly, having seen more than a few situations where a prolonged pass exposed the parties to considerable risk of harm.
- foxyv 3y agoPassing faster is not safer, in fact the opposite is true. It FEELS safer, but the chances of being killed go up astronomically. You feel like you can make it, all the while you are accelerating to fatal speeds. If a car appears in the oncoming lane you are supposed to slow down and return to the rear of the vehicle you were passing. Your car can decelerate much faster than it can accelerate. Brakes can dissipate over 1300 horsepower. That's even more than a Model S Plaid. https://driversedguru.com/drivers-ed-training-exercises/stage-4/stage-4-passing-on-two-lane-roads/ https://driversedguru.com/drivers-ed-training-exercises/stag... In all my decades of driving I have never seen anyone do this other than myself. People are so committed to passing they literally run people off the road while going head on with tractor trailers and family cars. I've thought I was going to see people die more than once. It's insane how ignorant and self centered people get behind the wheel.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoI'd blame it less on ignorance, than panic. Once committed to a process it takes effort to change. All while watching that tractor grows larger and larger in your line of vision.
- foxyv 3y agoThere is definitely panic. Mostly because they were never taught what to do. The worst thing is, when you try to tell them they get mad or ignore you. I don't know how to describe that other than plain ignorance.