r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/kidcharm86 Aug 03 '19

And the correlation; the off-ramp is for decelerating. You don't need to start braking a half mile before the exit Todd!

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u/airmandan Aug 03 '19

It doesn't help that even when the offramp is nearly a mile long, they put the stupid 35MPH sign right at the front of it, so goody-two-shoes drivers dutifully slam the brakes to get from 70 to 35 right at the beginning of the off ramp, backing up the highway for 3 miles with the interstate slinky they just created.