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Originally Posted by actwithclarity
I'm driving around on spacious highways up here, so yes, driving 90km/hr max, maybe P&Ging the whole way, is definitely going to get me there slower than driving 110km/hr max (speed limit) or 120-130km/hr (when no cops around). In city driving it's not so much of an advantage to drive fast, but the fast driver/accelerator will eventually get some lead on you by making it through a series of lights that you get stopped at.
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While that may be true, I can't tell you how many times I have passed that same faster driver at the next traffic light that he raced up to, or even worse pulled over in front of me and blocked the pathway for me because I know how the lights are timed. I have driven through 65 in one trip and never caught a single one red.
You will never do that by blasting up to ever red light trying to catch it as it just turns green, but I regularly drive through 45 or more daily and sometimes have to stop for fewer than 3.
Bottom line everyone's situation is different. I guess I could go 20 MPH and get 60 MPG, but that is not my priority. The worst section of road for me requires 47 MPH average speed in a 45 zone, or you will catch every light red. I have made it through that section of road at 80 MPG when it was timed correctly and the 3 lights that are triggered instead of timed did not catch me and destroy my momentum.
regards
Mech