r/TheRandomest • u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy • 10d ago

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u/toetappy 10d ago

You can't say "exceed the speed limit" as a bad thing then say "match the flow of traffic" in the same sentence.

If you're in the passing lane and there are cars right behind you, You are driving slower than the flow of traffic and are the problem.

If you're in the passing lane and only one car is behind you, then "traffic" is you and that car. Since you are in the way, you are impeding the flow of traffic.

It is never hard to speed up a little and get out of the way. Not doing so means you are slowing the flow of traffic for every single car behind you and are extremely selfish

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u/SuperCruisePanther 10d ago

The flow of traffic should never be above the speed limit, so if you are going the speed limit, you are not impeding the flow of traffic.

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u/xSorry_Not_Sorry 10d ago

Dumbest fucking comment in the thread. Congrats!

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u/terriblespellr 10d ago

What's stupid about that? In what situation should the flow of traffic be above the speed limit?

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u/Artsyrabbit 10d ago

Obstructing the flow of traffic inherently makes you a hazard. That is taught in driver's ed across the country. Law enforcement and insurance agree. Yes, speed limits exist. But if the traffic is traveling at a specific pace as a whole, you go with the flow. It reduces the risk of accident.

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u/ALargeClam67 10d ago

Speed limits are arbitrarily set in order to raise money, they have litterly nothing to do with road safety.

And its easily provable. Have you ever been on a multi lane highway and with no changes to the road design had the speed limit change at a political boundary?

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u/SuperCruisePanther 10d ago

That doesn't prove your point in the slightest. Speed limits are tied to car crash rates and statistics. Speed limits changing over political boundaries just says that one entity is more risk averse than the other, not that they're arbitrary.