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Speeding in your car to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money in gas and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you timeLong distance it help.
When I take four hour road trips up north on the interstate, many drivers are doing ~80-85mph. Although fuel economy goes down, you can definitely shave off 20-30 minutes over the drive so I do understand why people do it. It never makes sense to speed around town or in short trips, however.
Exactly this, by driving 20% faster you're cutting off 20% of the total trip time, which can be massive on long drives.
No, that's not how the math works out. Doubling your speed only halves the time it takes.
If I'm driving 100km and I drive 120km/h
Im arriving 20% faster..
No, you should actually follow through with the math. I used a simple example in hopes it would be obvious.
At a distance of 100km it take 60 minutes at 100kph. Change that to 120kph and it takes 50 minutes. 20% quicker would be 48 minutes. 20% faster gets you there 16.666% quicker.
Uhh, yeah..
You might save a little time in those cases, but if you’re speeding all the time throughout a long distance trip… that’s just increasing the chances you’ll die in a car accident tbh