found the carbrain. you also changed the subject. i said nothing sbout a highway.
if its rush hour on a highway, everyone is driving under the limit.
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plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoThere’s a lady that goes 30km under the speed limit on the highway during rush hour. In front of her clear traffic, behind her, grid lock.
Not going the speed limit creates the traffic and makes travel worse.
kurikai@lemmy.world 1 day ago
rockstarmode@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
if its rush hour on a highway, everyone is driving under the limit.
This might be true in a lot of places, but let me introduce a counterpoint: Los Angeles.
We invented freeways, and I’m convinced we’ve perfected shitty traffic. Get on the 405 anytime between 6a and 10p? Gridlock, everyone is going below the speed limit. Get on basically any of our other freeways at rush hour? Yeah, that’s going to be us doing our best impression of NASCAR, driving bumper to bumper at least 10 over the speed limit.
It’s so well known that it’s a meme at this point. Every holiday season there’s a bunch of posts on social media about visitors needing to get with the program. My favorite this year was the “stay the fuck away from the left lane” guy.
Is it safe? Probably not. Is it reality in LA? Absolutely.
87Six@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
"Under the speed limit’ is also 59 (assuming 60 is the limit)… Not just 30…
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Speeding also means 1km/h over as well, you saying a 2km/h difference is what makes something safe vs unsafe…?
87Six@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No it’s what makes it legal vs illegal
Plenty of people dangerously overtake to go just 5kmph faster. That was my point but it seems I should have stated it plainly.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Going under is just as illegal as going over.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Maybe your local government could do proper planning so that convenient and timely public transit would offer her a viable alternative to driving? Let’s not blame individuals for systemic problems.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
She could also take different roads where the speed limits suit her comfort.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 1 day ago
The other drivers could also take those different roads, too, and avoid the slow driver, no?
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
You don’t think those roads are already congested by people trying to do exactly that…?
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 1 day ago
That is illegal where I live.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 day ago
What’s the range allowed? There are plenty of places with minimums, but many have such a wide window that they may as well not bother.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Driving to the conditions is also vague. Some people feel safe driving near the limit in snow, some think you have to go 40 under. Now that also depends on if you have snow tires or not too. If you don’t, you shouldn’t be trying to reach the limit unless the road is clear and dry.
In the end, it’s a judgment call, and pulling the person over is only ever going to make the situation worse. They won’t suddenly start going faster or find a different route the next day.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Highway is 100-110, and slow moving I think is 40km/h under the limit. No slow moving or bikes allowed on the highway in the city.
It’s part of the Can-A-mex corridor, or used to be until the ring road was built.