4x4ord
Jul 18, 2021Explorer III
Speed limits
The speed limit on the straight desolate paved road that goes past our place is 80 km/hr. The people who use the road drive whatever speed they please and for the most part it works fine ….. until you...
Bumpyroad wrote:Nah. Those that cut in usually don't last long. They pop over to the fast lane and you can move forward again. Even if you let 105 cars in front of you at 4 second spacing you lose max 7 minutes at 60mph. Hardly going backward on a 6 hour drive.
I haven't checked back to see if any body has mentioned it yet, but if every one dropped back the "recommended" spacing, 1 car length per 10 mph or whatever, you would end up with the traffic moving backwards as new cars got into the mix.
bumpy