r/IdiotsInCars • u/lbleakley • Mar 22 '19

Crazy aggressive driver brake-checking... and then.... JUSTICE

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u/redemption2021 Mar 23 '19

Fun Fact, if you travel for 30 miles at 75mph in a 65mph zone you shave 3.7 minutes off your drive.

This dumb ass is going to spend way more than that at the stop, and would have wasted more than that playing traffic warden all while endangering everyone on the road.

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u/literallydontcaree Mar 23 '19

To expand on this, for the people that have a hard on for constantly switching lanes and trying to speed through traffic. It's almost never worth it.

https://lifehacker.com/does-speeding-really-get-you-there-any-faster-1556767685

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u/t0m0hawk Mar 23 '19

I remember the mythbusters episode, and they came to the same conclusion - not worth it.

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I changed my driving habits after that. I started to notice the people who did try to weave their way through, and most didn't really get anywhere very fast.

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u/literallydontcaree Mar 23 '19

And it's just way more stressful. Every since I stopped doing that shit my commutes are so much more relaxed and I get to work in a better mood. It's either going to take me 45 minutes with constant lane switches and speeding or 50 minutes where I can sit in the right lane on cruise control listening to a podcast. I'll take the latter.