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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
If most of the vehciles are traveling over the speed limit, it is safer for traffic to travel close to the same rate of speed. You dont want some guy doing 30k under or 30k over what everyone else is doing. And it all depends on the road conditions.
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Maybe most of the drivers are comfortable doing 30k over the speedlimit, but I would much rather have someone doing the speedlimit (even if it slows traffic), if they are not comfortable doing 30k over. They are much more dangerous doing a speed that they can't handle than slowing some of the traffic.
And lets not forget that going over the posted speedlimit is illegal. It is irrational to get mad at ANY driver for not speeding - as long as they are going near the speedlimit.
I also heard from an old cop friend of mine that it's illegal to go more than 10km/hr under the speedlimit under ideal conditions - they are just as dangerous as the people speeding.
The perception that slower drivers are more dangerous is absurd...it is two wrongs that don't make a right. The person doing 10k under the speedlimit is no more atfault than the vehicle that feels the need to jump out of that lane and into another lane dangerously. Remember - no one forces you to make any decision. You are always in charge, you just made a bad choice in this instance...