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Originally Posted by greenitup
the problem stems from the fact that people are driving too fast. If the speed limit is 65 then you are supposed to travel around 60 so you have a buffer. People going 5-10 mph under the speed limit aren't causing the problems, it is the ones that go 80+ that cause the problem.
I travel at 50-55 on the highway when im alone.  |
That's fine, but you need to do it in the right lane. The story didn't say what lane the guy was in, but if you're trying to hypermile and are doing 50mph in the left lane of a 65mph road, you're a hazard to other traffic around you. It's not that people are driving too fast, it's the difference in speed. If they want to drive faster and waste more fuel, that's their prerogative, just don't hang out in the left lane with the mentality, that "I'm under the speed limit so screw them, I have every right to be in this lane." In most states you don't as the left lane is for overtaking. So if you're trying to save fuel by driving slower, by every right, do it, but don't do it in an unsafe way.