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To: Atlas Sneezed
Thanks for post that. The safest speed for the individual driver is the average speed of traffic at that time and conditions.


277 posted on 02/27/2014 4:58:44 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

On interstates I have a method that works great and is safe. I determine prevailing speed and then increase maybe 5 mph until I’m well clear of other traffic then I maintain a speed where I am not being passed much nor am I passing much. This avoids pack driving which is the most dangerous.


281 posted on 02/27/2014 5:13:04 AM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: thackney

The safest speed is actually above the average. That curve is skewed significant;y to the right.

But be careful about reading too much into this.

It does not mean that one become safer by driving a little faster (if one is a slow driver). That slow driver, may be drunk, elderly, distracted, or an addle-brained-Freeper.

Note the log scale at left. Those who drive 30MPH below the average speed have a collision rate that is 1000x the rate for average-speed drivers!


286 posted on 02/27/2014 5:54:55 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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