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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The average speed in London is 8 mph overall, taking traffic into account.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Average speed yes, but I doubt anyone is doing 8mph.

    It's likely they drive closer to 20 mph (needing a larger safe distance) then stop at lights (needing no safe distance, but probably 3-5m if you have the driving school of thought to be able to have an exit at all times). Then there is all the space occupied by the intersections themselves. These would further space out cars, bringing the average length of X cars higher.

    These are all guesses based on my local knowledge, I have been to London in close to a decade, and I did not drive there.

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