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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It’s kind of a neat quirk, eh? People will, generally, go as fast as is safe for conditions. Usually, the speed limit is set below that threshold, so that’s about where everybody ends up. It’s a bit arbitrary, but it keeps the flow of track at or around the same pace and gives police a measuring point to “police” traffic over. It’s also why you almost never get a ticket going 10-20% over even though it’s the “MAXIMUM.”
Breaking the flow of traffic (or setting your own pace on single lane roads that isn’t in line with the natural, safe pace of that road), no matter which direction you do it in, is just a hazard. That’s why long-stretch single lane highways have periodic passing lanes.
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I thought it was kind of a neat quirk that their ridiculous, miss-the-point-entirely hyperbole still got two thanks.
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Originally Posted by flamesfever
The worst case of your first paragraph is driving down Highway 400 from Barrie to Toronto at rush hour. There are all kinds of signs along the way saying 80 km per hr, yet the traffic flow is travelling between 120 and 130 km per hour, with many cars going faster in the far left hand lane. It becomes blatantly obvious that if you don't keep up with the traffic flow you will get run over, so the safest thing is to just go with the flow.
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I think he's starting to get it.
