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So many drivers don’t understand average speed. It’s ridiculous.

I have lived in places where the speed limit is very obviously around 10 mph too low for the road's engineering and surrounding environment, consistently. Consequently, there is truly no one during busy times doing the speed limit.

This gives police the ability to pull over anyone, at their discretion, with direct legal cause (not even the "immune from consequences in practice" kind). Even driving the speed limit creates a hazard and merits intervention according to the law.

The place I'm describing was very racist, driving while black was absolutely unofficially illegal, and this lets cops pick and choose in all the worst ways.

Be deeply suspicious of any law that is routinely broken by everyone for years with no change - it is to allow arbitrary, bigoted enforcement.

I'm a bike commuter and it's this by a lot. I've had assholes swerve into the bike lane because they're salty I'm not traffic like they are, and punish passes are ridiculous. Dude, I'm doing 20 on my ebike, the speed limit is 20, you're an asshole.

I'm a school bus driver and I obey speed limits religiously (and somehow I'm almost alone in this among my coworkers despite the fact that our buses all have GPS monitors installed and our boss can see exactly how fast we're going at all times). Almost every day I have people behind me blasting their horns at me for this. Like, just imagine getting road rage at a fucking school bus driver.

My favorite thing is when they tailgate me, apparently oblivious to the fact that I can't see them at all when they do this, not even in my mirrors.

It's ridiculous how acceptable people think it is.

I have someone I work with that seems to think the faster he goes the more important and busy he is, therefore he can treat everyone else on the road that follows the rules like they are just retired old geezers with nothing better to do.

It's infuriating. There is nothing I hate more than people with no patience or ability to plan ahead and leave at appropriate times.

Yeah we are not a culture that can have cars safely.

cant think of another

Say 'genocide bad' in public. I dare you.

People react the same way when you don't make a right on red.

But what about the "I'm late for work" mood 😥

Same

I mean, I could afford the ticket, but I'd rather spend that money on LEGO

Mind you, in Australia the speed limit is usually followed pretty well.

That's because Australia has realistic speed limits. The US doesn't, and thats why people drive over it all the time.

Not sure about the Hume since I haven't driven it in years, but I regularly do the Western Highway, and WOW the fully loaded B-doubles are aggressive af. You could be going 20kmh about the limit and they're still riding your ass. The only time they slow down is in the towns. There are way too many deaths on that highway.

I have been pretty lucky with the roos not jumping out in front of me, but I've had birds and emus. They are not fun.

30s commute? You live in a mansion or what?

It's literal rather than representative

Very obviously wearing their seatbelt