03-10-2022, 05:57 AM
(03-08-2022, 01:08 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: The best wisdom re: traffic and speed anybody can take to heart is this: traffic is at its absolute safest when everybody is traveling in the same direction at the same speed. Going fast isn't inherently the problem. The problem is going fast relative to everybody else, Which is often what people choose to do. Being on the road is an exercise in teamwork. Everybody has to agree on a speed and stick to it, or close to it, or it's chaos. What we have is chaos. Follow the flow folks. Don't treat traffic like a parking lot and dont park in front of traffic and we'll all be fine.
It would be nice if they could agree, but if the speed limit is 65 with entrances and exits, there is no way that everyone is going to agree to run close to any particular speed. There will be those merging and exiting at 45-60, those running the speed limit at 65, those running +5 to 10 at 70-75 and those running 80 and above, so a spread of maybe 40-45 mph difference, and you are right it is chaos. But everyone is in a hurry these days and their needs are more important than everyone else's needs.
If everyone stuck within 5 mph of the speed limit there would be much less chaos
Ask any semi driver what it's like when people blast past him, swerve over and then nail the brakes so they can make the exit without slamming into the back of someone already slowing down in the exit.