I drive 3 hours round trip commuting every day. I can assure you those “diminishing returns” result in days of my life back at the end of the year.
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HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 months agoOk, so hear me out, what if instead of treating it as a race, fight or other expression of competition, we would just treat driving as a way to get from point A to point B? Speeding on a highway is a great example of diminishing returns coupled with high risk, so why not just enjoy the ride and sit back for a moment?
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The average commute is 24 miles a day. If you’re doing a 3 hour commute like it’s a NASCAR event then you need to reevaluate something. Not put everyone’s lives at risk with reckless driving.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Cool. I’m assuming you live in a population center? Possibly over paying for a house or apartment to keep your “sensable commute” down?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes and no. But if you’re commuting 3 hours a day at an average 65 mph your burning 500 dollars a month in gas. More if you’re going faster.
At that point eating 250 more a month in rent to live closer in isn’t the world’s worst idea.
And you’re still putting other people in a lot of danger just for your convenience. If an accident does happen then survivability drops off sharply after 65-70 mph.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
There are a few simples principles that would make traffic a lot better, and yielding the left lane for faster cars is one of them.
The other simple one is if you are not passing another car, stay on the right.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I assume that’s the law pretty much everywhere. That said, most of my troubles have been with people who speed by a lot and weave through traffic. Slower cars are less of a problem because while it might be the same speed difference, I see them much better and they usually don’t switch lanes erratically.
That said, I like traffic where I live now, because speeding 15% will get your license suspended, 30% will get you into jail. Traffic tends to be speedy, but coherent, everyone drives around the limit.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They weave because of the slow cars not moving properly
HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Weaving is not moving properly though either. Speeding and weaving through traffic is public endangerment where I live. We have a very good road safety record as well.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The gas is meant to hug the floor tightly, engine is meant to roar, adrenaline to be pumped, and zoomies to be upheld.
…in a race. However, zoomies apply everywhere.
exu@feditown.com 3 months ago
Even better would be taking the train, because it gives you time to study nature, read a book of take a short walk if you feel like it without delaying your arrival.
AlotOfReading@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Have you ever taken the coast starlight or the Cascade trains? Last time I took the former it arrived 14 hours late.
RHSJack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I took the starlight, too. Same. Took the bus on the return trip, also awful experience.
Maven@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Okay but I have a counterpoint…
Vroom vroom
I rest my case your honor
RHSJack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Because you are not important. I am very important. I have places I need to be yesterday. And, yes, it IS a truck. I have never used the bed of my truck or it would get dirty. /dont drive //dont have a car ///but I DO have a DL! Has my picture and everything
Shellbeach@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You can do that in the proper lane, the right one
variants@possumpat.io 3 months ago
What if each morning we send out a few grannies driving side by side to accumulate traffic so everyone can enjoy an hour drive instead of 20 minutes
Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’d have some dead grannies