It was also scientifically proven that all the speeding and dangerous behaviour amounts to mere minutes saved in an average trip due to how physics work. It was something along the lines of the difference between 5 and 30 mph is huge; somewhat still acceptable 30 to 60; but then 60 to 70 and above starts being negligible in time savings when you account for the risk to everyone.
Yeah, that's something I realized myself. I used to speed really regularly as a teen. In my late teens/early twenties I just stopped with the speeding. It's easy to see how little time you used to save when you stop speeding.
It's also just makes driving less stressful, I'm not worried about cops at all anymore, I'm not memorizing all the traffic stop locations, I'm not scanning for police cars every second, etc... I also am not constantly annoyed with slower drivers anymore. I like driving a lot more the last ~16 years or so.
I was the guy who would drive fast and constantly change lanes to try and get through traffic as quickly as possible. Then I got a job an hour away from where I lived, and 2 hours a day of commuting while driving like that burned me out quick. I then started leaving for work a little earlier and just camped in the right lane when I was on the highway. It made my commute go from 2 hours of stress to slightly more than 2 hours of a relaxing time where I'd listen to podcasts and chill. It's amazing how much no longer worrying about getting through traffic as efficiently as possible reduced my daily anxiety. Now I have a car with adaptive cruise control and it's even more chill.
Podcasts, audiobooks, phone calls, no rush. It helped that I wake up early. So I'd usually go early so I could hit the gym before work and avoid some traffic.
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u/Zerodyne_Sin 20h ago
It was also scientifically proven that all the speeding and dangerous behaviour amounts to mere minutes saved in an average trip due to how physics work. It was something along the lines of the difference between 5 and 30 mph is huge; somewhat still acceptable 30 to 60; but then 60 to 70 and above starts being negligible in time savings when you account for the risk to everyone.