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texanidiot25 · 06-19-2010, 07:58 PM

What speed I drive at doesn't effect my stress levels. I do 65-70 in the CST10 because of it's gearing limitations and ~70 in the CRX with the flow of traffic. I could come home at night doing 90 for all I care, I'm not stressed. What causes stress is drivers who feel they own the road and think it's their job to control everyone's speeds on roads where passing is not an option. This goes for tail gaters and those who are going well below the speed limit.

You're entirely missing the point. What you do outside of traffic doesn't mean anything, at speeds with-in reason of the limit.

Causing a traffic jam is not safe, period. Making your car a ROAD HAZZARD, NO MATTER IN WHAT WAY, IS NOT SAFE. A pack of cars "speeding" along is safer than a pack of cars sitting behind a driver who is being unreasonably slow.

"Research conducted by the Florida Department of Transportation showed that the percentage of accidents actually caused by speeding is very low, 2.2 percent."

Like I said before, and I'll say again, adjust your driving techniques to the flow of traffic. Either that, or pull aside when safe and at the very least be courteous.

Engine braking is one thing, but blocking traffic is blatant stupidity and incites more road rage.

06-19-2010, 07:58 PM	#36 (permalink)
texanidiot25 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 331 Formula - '96 Firebird Formula/Trans-Am 90 day: 19.31 mpg (US) Thanks: 8 Thanked 31 Times in 18 Posts	What speed I drive at doesn't effect my stress levels. I do 65-70 in the CST10 because of it's gearing limitations and ~70 in the CRX with the flow of traffic. I could come home at night doing 90 for all I care, I'm not stressed. What causes stress is drivers who feel they own the road and think it's their job to control everyone's speeds on roads where passing is not an option. This goes for tail gaters and those who are going well below the speed limit. You're entirely missing the point. What you do outside of traffic doesn't mean anything, at speeds with-in reason of the limit. Causing a traffic jam is not safe, period. Making your car a ROAD HAZZARD, NO MATTER IN WHAT WAY, IS NOT SAFE. A pack of cars "speeding" along is safer than a pack of cars sitting behind a driver who is being unreasonably slow. "Research conducted by the Florida Department of Transportation showed that the percentage of accidents actually caused by speeding is very low, 2.2 percent." Like I said before, and I'll say again, adjust your driving techniques to the flow of traffic. Either that, or pull aside when safe and at the very least be courteous. Engine braking is one thing, but blocking traffic is blatant stupidity and incites more road rage. __________________ Lets see how far it can go "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. [...] But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air. What is evoked in him, then, is of another order, more terrible because it has no words, and triumphant, too, for the same reason. And his triumph, when he triumphs, is ours." -Sonny's Blues Last edited by texanidiot25; 06-19-2010 at 08:03 PM..