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Driving school and being pulled over has taught me that the silly numbers are not the maximum speed, theyre the minimum speed, and the actual maximum is 5-10 higher depending on what other people are doing. "Going with the speed of traffic and going fast enough to prevent lane changes" is the real answer.
Ive begun going the exact speed limit in the right lane and ive been pulled over 3 times now and experienced more roadrage than i thought possible. I never got pulled over going 90 in a 70, or 30 in a 25, or 45 in a 35.
People are in such a hurry to save 0-30 seconds on their 15 minute drive
Can you tell these stories? I didn't think cops would pull you over for going the speed limit in the right lane.
Since i got my EV ive been going the speed limit because range issues. Everyone around me is going 75 in a 55 (goes from 65 to 55 during my commute but no one cares) while i actually slow down to 55. Had a police officer pull me over for driving suspiciously, i asked him if he knew how fast i was going, when he said no i let him know i was going the speed limit unlike literally every other car. He gave me a ticket for impeeding traffic and it got thrown out after the court wasted 3 hours of my time.
Basically the same story again two more times.
Worth noting im a white male presenting person with a clean record, so your milage may vary
My mother-in-law has been pulled over for doing the speed limit three times in her life. Each time given a warning and told by the cops she's making everyone else less safe.
You get pulled over for impeeding traffic, it's pretty rare to get a ticket and would fail in court. Usually it's a warning. A waste of tax dollars.
I mean the police probably figured anyone actually going the speed limit has got to be up to something pretty bad if they're going the speed limit.