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Youth may be wasted on the young, but money is wasted on the old. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Saw an old lady getting out of a BMW X7 M60i (the high performance version). I asked her what made her choose the M60i and she just said “I dunno, the salesman said it was the best one they had”.

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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

explain how people artificially driving faster than they’re comfortable with is safer

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    It upsets people and is actually illegal to drive too slow. Makes other people angry, they take risks to overtake you, and could cause accidents.

    This is in our official driving school books even.

    If you are not comfortable driving at speed limit, you need to learn that. Its part of being a good driver. Of course depending on weather.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You are not supposed to drive the speed limit, you can be close but they add the word "limit" to imply that you shouldn't exceed it.

    That being said, some roads do have a minimum speed as well (the section of the interstate I drive everyday has a minimum speed of 40MPH), but the vast majority of roads, at least in the US, only have a maximum speed listed. Weather definitely affects that though as a big ass dually will be less likely to hydroplane than a little Miata.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Impeding the flow of traffic (like driving too slow) is a finable offence in big parts of the first world countries. You are supposed to drive near the speed limit if the road and weather conditions allow for it. People that are to scared to do that on an open road should think about taking a few more driving lessons (and are in my opinion usually unfit to sit behind the wheel)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    So hmm... The road through the neighborhood in front of my house is 25MPH, how fast can you peddle? The road connecting to it is 35MPH. I don't know a single person that can peddle that fast yet they are legally able to use these streets provided they are wearing a helmet, remain within the lane going their direction of travel, and don't use assistive technology that exceeds 25MPH.

    I'll personally just not excees the speed limit (maybe it's age starting to play a role) and risk the ticket. People get pissed all the time because they would prefer to go faster than 25 or 35 on these roads, but the limit is the limit to me (until they change the wording).

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