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Originally Posted by Antithesis
OK, I'll bite. You're right, many people speed, but I think a difference is that I don't get upset when people are in the left lane aren't going as quickly as I want them to. Logically, I know that speeding saves maybe 3-5 minutes on a crosstown Deerfoot trip, so when I think of the potential costs (speeding ticket, possible accident, increased gas costs) and weigh them against the benefits (arriving maybe 5 minutes sooner than I would have), it doesn't seem worth it.
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Christ. I go out for 7 hours and a driving thread gets to 28 replies in my absence.
As for the post quoted, I'm kinda amused at how you (Antithesis) managed to sound so condescending about going a decent speed on Deerfoot. And for the record, you're picking on the wrong guy about left-laning.
3-5 minutes is not all that will be saved. Sanity counts for something. Don't tell me that you can bear to be stuck behind three jackarses going the same speed on Deerfoot or on any other road in the city. Please don't tell me that you've never gotten annoyed by some granny driver in front of you.
Please don't take that BS high road where you're perfectly happy going 100 kph or 5 or 10 or 20 K under the limit because "after all, I'll only save 5 minutes on the other end". Because if so, then I'm pretty sure that you are the granny driver that I really wish would stop being so self absorbed and just move over a lane and let the rest of us cruise at normal speed.