• MonkRome@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    The safest speed to go is the speed of traffic. If the limit is 55 and you are driving 52 but everyone else is driving 62, you are the most dangerous person on the road.

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      4 hours ago

      What? No! Driving faster is not safer. What kind of logic is that? If someone does something dangerous because I drive the speed limit they are unsafe not me.

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        3 hours ago

        I remember reading a story a while back. Couple lumberjacks had a serious accident, so while one guy was bleeding out in the back seat, the driver was doing 100+ and the third guy was on the phone with the cops trying to get a police escort.

        They ran into a Karen like you, who decided to make sure they went the speed limit. Guy in the back seat died as a result.

        • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world
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          1 hour ago

          You know, and I know you know, that that’s never what is meant by saying it’s “safer to travel at the speed of traffic”. It’s tragic to be sure, but it’s not a counter argumement against obeying the law.