Impact force and likelihood of fatality increase nonlinearly with speed. Impact force of a car at 80 mph is almost double that of a car at 60 mph. Even differences of 5 mph have shown noticeable differentials in crash test injuries. There’s only so much crumple zones can do to absorb force before it’s absorbed by your face and brain smashing against your skull. Not to mention pedestrians and bikers who don’t have the luxury of two tons of protective metal encasing them.
So yeah idfc about the flow of traffic, nor carbrains risking the lives of everyone around them to get to Walmart 3 minutes sooner.
I don’t really drive anymore but it was always funny observing aggressive drivers weaving around, alternatingly slamming on their gas and brakes, only to meet them at every single stop light until we parted ways. Adding risk and stress, yet arriving at exactly the same time as everyone else.
Impact force and likelihood of fatality increase nonlinearly with speed. Impact force of a car at 80 mph is almost double that of a car at 60 mph. Even differences of 5 mph have shown noticeable differentials in crash test injuries. There’s only so much crumple zones can do to absorb force before it’s absorbed by your face and brain smashing against your skull. Not to mention pedestrians and bikers who don’t have the luxury of two tons of protective metal encasing them.
So yeah idfc about the flow of traffic, nor carbrains risking the lives of everyone around them to get to Walmart 3 minutes sooner.
I don’t really drive anymore but it was always funny observing aggressive drivers weaving around, alternatingly slamming on their gas and brakes, only to meet them at every single stop light until we parted ways. Adding risk and stress, yet arriving at exactly the same time as everyone else.
saw a guy on a speedbike do this… he gunned it at every green light, going 0 to probably 50 before having to slam his brakes at the next red light.
sometimes he’d make it thru two lights before having to stop.
he did this for miles
i know because we were just driving along normally and kept catching up to him over and over again the whole way home