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The argument for driving slowly in what is commonly known as "the fast lane" is simple: "The maximum posted speed on Deerfoot is generally 100 km/h. Therefore, if I am driving in the so-called fast lane, I am obeying the law. I am morally superior to those who are attempting to speed and I am performing a valuable public service by preventing these speed-demon-anti-social-yahoos from doing just that. So there. Na-na-na-na-na."

It says only 45% of drivers drive the speed limit.

The majority of us don't obey the rules.

The nature of the road, traffic volume, experience, talent, road conditions, the quality of the technology in the automobile we're driving … all of those variables play into our decision making.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has found that driver behaviour, by and large, is independent of posted speed limits.

We drive as fast as we think is safe.

An Indiana study reported that speed limits are set for political reasons rather than traffic safety reasons.

Other studies conclude that safety is improved when people travel with the flow of traffic around them, neither exceeding the speed established by the herd, nor undercutting it.

People driving too slowly are associated with more accidents, as frustrated motorists are forced to change lanes to get around them, to move from where the traffic is supposed to be moving quickly into the lanes where traffic moves more slowly.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/10/10...eing-difficult