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 Originally Posted by JKDS
From the article i linked
“for example, if I drive at 45 mph, while the median of the pack is 60 mph, how many cars will pass me in an hour and hence have a chance to collide with me?"
^Explains pretty well the problem with driving at a lower than average speed...and also why driving at a speed higher is safer (though still dangerous)
A different article that may be fun for seeing the effectiveness of speedlimits
Montana: No Speed Limit Safety Paradox
Well, if you imagine a 3 lane road, the left lane is people driving at 60mph, the middle lane mainly consists of 70mph and the outside lane mainly of 80mph, plus a bunch of randoms which mean cars occasionaly switch back and forth, surely those in the middle would pass or be passed by more cars as they have 2 lanes of vehicles to potentially crash into.
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