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[–] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

On the freeway, good driving habits, like lane discipline, is more safe than reducing speed from 70mph to 65mph

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Speed kills.

    Just an example of a car pedestrian accident: at 50km/h the pedestrian dies more often than survives.

    At 30km/h, only 3% dies.

    I know this isn't highway speeds, and the example is for the city, but I remember Volvo explaining it's nearly impossible to die in their cars up to 70km/h (or close, like 68) but over that there is just too much energy at play.

    Also how many seconds are you earning when slightly-speeding? Not very much if you don't drive the highway for hours and hours.

    Thank you for reading my ramblings.

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