I think you should still be annoyed. By riding slowly in the fast lane, you are not encouraging people to ride more slowly; you are encouraging them to zip around the lanes which is extremely dangerous too. Further, many people might see a need to compensate for whatever speed they lost and accelerate even more. I would say that it is definitely not a good thing to do, not to mention that I don’t think that it is even legal in my country
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snackwifi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This used to annoy me, but after realizing how many road deaths there are every year, I now see speed reduction as almost always a good thing. Driving is one of the most dangerous things people do.
beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
fast lane
It’s a passing lane, not a fast lane.
Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Came to here to see if anyone would point this out. Calling it a fast lane shows people’s ignorance.
webp@mander.xyz 20 hours ago
It’s illegal to speed in my country
kn33@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is more dangerous than doing it the correct way
snackwifi@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
False, it is actually the case that collisions are LESS deadly at slower speeds. I know it’s difficult to wrap your mind around, but science is sometimes unintuitive!
kn33@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
They’re less deadly, but this maneuver makes them more likely.
snackwifi@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It’s not if people aren’t speeding. You’re just victim blaming. If a car has low visibility and it hits someone, you wouldn’t say, well they should just get out of the way, you’d blame the low visibility. Same situation. If people were not driving recklessly in the left lane, then it wouldn’t be a problem that people are also driving normally in the left lane.
Don’t bother replying to this I’m not reading this thread anymore.
groats_survivor@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Driving is more deadly than not driving. Stupid take
WereCat@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I was trying to explain this to the officer the other day when he caught me playing on my phone and not even bothering to hold the steering wheel
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yea, but you can do that in the slow lane. Some of us are risking our lives out here /s
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not very many accidents out in the middle of nowhere highways, although in my experience last holiday season there wasn’t a single jabroni hogging the left lane. Granted, I usually drive everyone back at like 1 am, so mileage may vary.
You’re absolutely right in the middle of the city though, and the number of people who get angry at you for not going 60 on a 40 mph blvd is way higher than it should be. I got honked at and a guy swerved around me just got both of us to get stuck at the same red. Those are the people who will certainly kill pedestrians.
groats_survivor@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
On the freeway, good driving habits, like lane discipline, is more safe than reducing speed from 70mph to 65mph
Valmond@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Speed kills.
Just an example of a car pedestrian accident: at 50km/h the pedestrian dies more often than survives.
At 30km/h, only 3% dies.
I know this isn’t highway speeds, and the example is for the city, but I remember Volvo explaining it’s nearly impossible to die in their cars up to 70km/h (or close, like 68) but over that there is just too much energy at play.
Also how many seconds are you earning when slightly-speeding? Not very much if you don’t drive the highway for hours and hours.
Thank you for reading my ramblings.
Allero@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
You should do both.