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I live in an area that has a lot of stoplights. Guess how fast you have to drive to beat them? From 35 to 40 mph, or 60 to 65 mph. I simply did some math after timing a couple of streets. It is not perfect, but it will beat most. Guess which one people want to drive at? 50 mph. Guess which is the safest and most economical? It is 30 mph. Guess what is the most common speed by everyone? 50 mph because by law gives us 10 mph difference from speed limit before we get flagged. Guess how badly stopping from a high speed and waiting then accelerate literally every mile of stop lights does to mpg? Instead of a healthy 40 mpg, depending on if the people who accelerate aggressively don't have slow drivers like me in the group, then people are getting 15 to 25 mpg.
I end up having people swerve around me and accelerate aggressively only to stop at the light, but they are either in front of me or at the front waiting to hit the pedal to the metal to get up to their comfortable cruising speed. I drive electric and don't care about the amazing 0-60 acceleration but rather drive slowly and coast to a stop(as little regeneration as possible by staying at 0 kw usage) I usually get 5 m/kwh and could get up to 6 if I did 30 mph but I just try to follow the flow of traffic and the posted speed limit.
People riding my ass annoy me because I have to trust they are paying enough attention to not rear-end me. Surprisingly, I haven't gotten into an accident.
10mph???? we get 3kmh in australia im pretty sure
Cops don't have a desire to do speeding tickets, but the court ruled 5 mph, and everyone pushes to about 10 mph more. I see a lot of 60 to 90 mph drivers, too. Not to mention, the late night racing scene is still going strong enough. Which during summer quiets down majorly until winter and spring. A lot of outliers but when it is happening daily, you start becoming jaded and uncomfortable of driving even though the public transit system here sucks, unless you are downtown, then driving around with these speedsters all around you as you avoid people walking across the streets and hope to not get rear-ended by the guy riding your bumper. The streets that have nothing for miles and have a speed camera are the worst because the speed limit changes from 55 to 40 instantly and you are 300 dollars out of pocket to the scam of a speed trap system that has no effect or is worse on the safety of driving. I live road he'll and want to move. Just haven't figured out where to go.
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