One thing that really irks me is people driving as fast as they can or think they should be able to with total disregard for the speed limit. It seems we are all in a rush to get to that next stop light. There is no greater satisfaction while I’m on the road than to get passed by someone speeding and then meet them at the next stop light and pass them. Childish, I know. But oh so gratifying.
I’m an odd duck here in the DFW metroplex, especially on the road. I drive the speed limit of 60 mph around here. I do that for great fear of getting a speeding ticket and because it saves gas, or so they say. I’m a small-town dude that grew up in the slow life so I’m in no rush to get anywhere.
With all this information coming out about saving gas and such, I decided to run some numbers to see just how much time is saved by going x mph over the speed limit. You can pretty much see, its not even worth it.
You save just a few minutes of time as opposed to putting yourself and others at risk.
I assume most trips are approximately 25 miles here in the DFW, but if less then your time savings are even smaller.
The speed limit on most highways around here is 60 mph. Thus a 25 mile trip is going to take you 25 minutes. Most people that speed by are going at least 65 and sometimes more. Just going 5 mph over the limit saves you an entire 1 minute and 55 seconds. Wouldn’t it be easier to leave 2 minutes early? If you drive 70 mph you don’t even save 4 minutes. Not worth it my friend, not worth it.