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    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
    Driving slower than the speed of traffic is more dangerous than speeding up 5 or 10 mph.
    Actually, the speed of traffic matches the speed of the slowest driver. You can't go through other cars. If there's a passing lane, people are free to use it.

    What you're describing is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_mentality">herd mentality</a>.

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    I really really really really hate it when slooooow drivers get into the very left lane. It's like, if you're gonna go exactly the speed limit, get the hell over to the far right lane, dammit!

    Grrr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Unne View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
    Driving slower than the speed of traffic is more dangerous than speeding up 5 or 10 mph.
    Actually, the speed of traffic matches the speed of the slowest driver. You can't go through other cars. If there's a passing lane, people are free to use it.

    What you're describing is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_mentality">herd mentality</a>.
    He is obviously refering to highway driving and not local 2 lane street driving :rolleyes2

    Nothing wrong with herd mentality. Crush the weaker ones(slow drivers) so that the flow of everything else may survive.

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    Yeah, ed, it's obvious he only drives in the city.

    Wait until he moves out west and drives on highways more, and then he'll come around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Unne
    Contrary to popular thought, the speed limit is actually an UPPER limit on your car's speed, not lower.
    That pretty much makes my day. Thanks for saying that.

    If I was a police officer on patrol, you had better believe that I would pull over every single effer that was travelling faster than the speed limit.

    (SPOILER)This will most likely inspire some rage... Ha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
    Yeah, ed, it's obvious he only drives in the city.

    Wait until he moves out west and drives on highways more, and then he'll come around.
    You just need to live in the suburbs of a huge city(I live in the south burbs of chicago). I have taken the following highways

    80
    94
    55
    57
    294
    90
    190
    290
    394
    894
    88
    355
    65

    I might have mislabeled a few of them as I refer to them by other street names that are more local Highway driving is a way of life when you live far enough away from the big city. Even most of the non main "highway roads" are still 4 lane 50 MPH roads out here and anything that is 4 lane 30 MPH is ignored by EVERYONE. We all go 40 on those because that BS

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