03-10-2022, 06:25 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.
MisterPro, this is perfectly correct on a speedway, but in a city, or a two lane highway with access roads or drive-ways feeding into it, at traffic lights and many other situations it is "absolute speed" paired with an unexpected event ... which kills.