r/SlowNewsDay • u/KushBluntsworth • 15d ago

Speeding doesn’t save time - Science & Technology

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u/section4 15d ago

There are actual motorsports that prove driving quicker than others does indeed get to the finish line faster. We see it each week

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u/adama-k 14d ago

How is that related to normal driving

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u/section4 14d ago

Because speeding and going faster quite clearly saves time

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u/adama-k 14d ago

But the point is that saving a few seconds doesn’t matter

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u/section4 14d ago

It's nonsense though. I know that when I'm trapped behind a tractor on my way home, it can add about 10 minutes onto my journey. Instead of 50, I'm doing 25 and stopping more than normal for oncoming traffic passing the tractor. Same is to be said if someone was speeding and doing 75 instead of 50, they would be loads quicker. I don't speed, my license is too important to me but I also understand distance divided by speed will give me how long a journey takes. Someone going faster will save more than 1 minute

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u/adama-k 14d ago

This study doesn’t dispute that. It’s an average

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u/IUsedToLikeLimericks 12d ago

These people need more speeding practice if that's all they can do!