I got called a “weenie” and a “nerd” for admitting I drive the speed limit. I don’t care. My number one concern is that everyone arrives at their destination safely. If it takes a bit more time, I am fine with that.
I get passed all the time. I was on the parkway going approximately 25 (meaning, I may have been going 24, or 25, or maybe 26 or 27!) and a car got in the oncoming lane, sped up to pass me, and kept going fast. I’d guess they were going between 30 and 35. I saw them turn right, I turned right, they were way ahead of me, until… yeah, guess who I pulled up right next to at the stoplight?
I cannot tell you how often cars pass me only to speed up to a stoplight, hit the brakes, and have me right behind them. They never fucking learn. Meanwhile, they speed, they hit the brakes, and I go the limit and coast to a stop. I save wear on my vehicle, and I get better mileage.
I was told that “everyone goes 5 or 10 over the limit, and we don’t need to worry about those people, we need to worry about unsafe drivers” but what makes an “unsafe driver”? Could it be excessive speed? I’m sure in some (many?) cases it is.
I guess we should raise the 25 to 30 so the people going 30 in the 25 can go… 35? And then the people going 35 in 30 can go 40… and on and on.
Honestly I am just really sick of driving and wish I was back on my bike riding to work. It’s so much more calming and enjoyable than being on the road with car-brained people.