Remember your HS Physics?
Me neither. Didn't take it. But have come across something called 'kinetic energy' (energy of movement) that is quantified by the formula K.E. = 1/2 Mass times Velocity Squared. The question often ...
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Cloud Dancer wrote:That would be true if you were not also the "speed "of the traffic"". There is no loss of safety by being the slowest moving vehicle on a particular road.
For some of us, it's no doubt interesting and fun to "go back to school". But, at my age, I'm looking for information that I might've missed, in my thirst for more knowledge regarding what I can do in order to decrease the chances of losing control whenever I'm driving my motorhome (or being involved in a crash).
Decreasing my speed to less than the speed "of the traffic" is bordering on giving up some degree of safety.....IMO
Therefore, I drive at a speed which I have determined to be the lowest safe speed.
Personally, I wouldn't be in a vehicle that has to move at 30 mph below the posted limit, though.
