Example: Traffic Speed. Everyone always exceed the speed limit on highways. Why do we still have the limit? Like, either enforce it, or remove it. This stuff doesn’t make sense at all.

  • SwingingTheLamp
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    6 hours ago

    Given those conditions, everybody drives the speed of the slowest driver.

    • howrar@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      Yes? I get the impression that you mean to disagree with me, but I can’t tell how.

      I don’t know if my explanation of the phenomenon is correct or not. I don’t know much about the science of traffic dynamics. All I know is that when you’re on the road, pretty much everyone ends up at approximately the same speed. That speed can differ relative to the speed limit depending on time of day, road and weather conditions, which road you’re on, etc. and there’s no one to tell me what speed to aim for. I just look at the flow of traffic and follow it. That’s all.