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• architect@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Because it is.

  Don’t hangout in the left lane.

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• anyhow2503@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It is, but suboptimal driving behaviour of your fellow drivers is never an excuse to consciously make road traffic even more dangerous or behave aggresively.

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• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Going significantly slower than the rest of traffic can be dangerous in a limited number of scenarios, but not frequently enough for people to bring it up in casual conversation.

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  • architect@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It’s always dangerous on the highway. If you’re going significantly slower other drivers will not realize how fast they will catch up to you and can’t break properly.

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  • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The one frequent scenario I can think of off the top of my head is merging onto the highway. At least once a week it feels like I’m stuckbehingd someone trying to merge onto the highway 10mph under the speed limit making it more dangerous for everyone stuck behind them.

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Also going significantly slower than traffic and changing multiple lanes at once, slowing down far too early for an exit, going very slow in the middle lane so traffic flows around both sides, and some others as well. Basically if the car is going slow enough to be comparable to something stationary in the road it can be a hazard.

      But it really does have to be wildly different from traffic, not just 10-15 mph different.

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah. And they rarely give a fully articulated reason why “driving too slow is dangerous”. Because they know that the real reason - “it makes other people drive aggressively” - is trying to place the blame on slow drivers for the actions of actually dangerous drivers.

  Of course, you should drive at an appropriate speed. But in terms of safety messaging, it’s not the thing to focus on.

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