A good video that shows you how little time is saved the faster you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8NDFvKEFCQ&t=1s

From here to the MI home, 85 vs 70 saves almost 4 hours and makes it a 2 day trip instead of a three day one. It's only 2 2/3 hours saved at 80.

I don’t know if it teaches something that’s already intuitive - you have to drive that much faster to get there sooner.

I’m more into saving gas and on highway cruising, that sometimes get me into 80-85 mph just steady on the gas pedal.

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How much time is saved by speeding?

It depends on whether or not you get pulled over...

^^^ Yeah, I try to mostly stay in the traffic flow and not stand out. My insurance is high enough as it is.

According to my GPS maps, I am a time traveler

Back in my Harley riding days I left work on the main drag a guy passed my on the left. I watched him weaving in & out the different lanes. 5 miles up the road, with 15 -20 traffic lights in between, I pulled up on his left at a light. I looked over at him and said: "You sure didn't get very far with all that asshole driving."
He just turned and looked straight ahead without saying a word.

I used to be an (ahem) "enthusiastic" driver, got many tickets. Forty years ago, I was invited by the court to become a pedestrian for ninety days, to think about it. I have not knowingly exceeded the speed limit since then.

My habit now is to drive in the rightmost lane that is practical, at the posted speed limit. I am frequently (almost constantly) passed by people who are obviously in a big hurry. I usually see the same vehicles at every red light; they arrive at the light sooner than I do, wait longer, and move out on the green at the same time that I do.

I drive about 70 miles a day on the interstate. I used to be the Pole Position driver, but as I get older I just set the cruise at 67-68 and relax. I found that I get much less stressed out and get to work in a better mood than zipping in and out of traffic.

I don’t try to speed around time or if I’m going an hour or so. The time savings just isn’t worth it. But if I’m driving cross country, 200-500 miles, driving 85-90 instead of 75 can save hours of time.

And frankly, my Touareg at 90 is safer than most of what’s in the road at 70.

Speeding?

Heck, I'd just be happy if I could just get to the posted limit.

Most of the goofwads around here think 47 MPH is 'adequate' and it doesn't matter where they are in the left lane of the freeway.

I love my life a 1/4 mile at a time.

Flow of traffic or about posted + 10% is sufficient for me.
I tend to avoid the far left or right lanes on my commute, they seem to consistently move slower than the flow.

Although, I did make a record run home when my wife thought she was having a stroke. Lucky the traffic was very light, made the drive in shocking time....

Texas roads are nice in that many of the interstate highways have increased quite a bit in the speed limit so there really isn’t a need to speed. Then on a portion of the toll road from Austin to San Antonio the speed limit is 85. I take the toll every time I have to travel anywhere south to avoid the horrible I-35, but sadly you then have to deal with I-10 to get to San Antonio, which is just as bad until they get the construction finished. The part that frustrates me are the people who do 10 MPH under the speed limit, drive in the left lane, and absolutely refuse to move over causing some people to have to make dangerous passes around them.

Roughly, it comes down to about T1/T2 = X where X is the multiple of the speed you would go and the faster speed.

For example, T1/T2 = 1.1 if you do 66mph instead of 60mph and T1 = 1 hour (you need to drive 60 miles). So T2 = 0.9 hour or 54 minutes. You save 6 minutes out of 1 hour.

If I have a 120 mile trip each way, the difference between 65mph and 80mph is 1.8hours vs 1.5 hours (108 minutes vs 90 minutes). Saving 20 minutes (each way) and having a higher risk of ticket and/or accident and or death if in an accident is generally not worth it for me.

And that's a more extended drive. The benefit is smaller for shorter drives.

It seems like you save a lot by speeding. But to me, it's just not that much.

Time moves like a river at a constant speed. We are just a bolder in the river of time.

When we are calm and not in a hurry time just flows around us. However, when we are in a hurry we put out all these negative waves making us sticky, our forward progress thru time is hindered. From our position inside our small bubble of negative wages, our perception of time remains unchanged.


The rest of time and the world continues to flow at its regular speed. Therefore, our journey thru time is affected by all those negative waves resulting in us arriving at our destination later in time than if we had just remined calm.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Flow of traffic or about posted + 10% is sufficient for me.

10% over is about what I drive and at that speed police haven't given me a second look.

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
Texas roads are nice in that many of the interstate highways have increased quite a bit in the speed limit so there really isn’t a need to speed. Then on a portion of the toll road from Austin to San Antonio the speed limit is 85. I take the toll every time I have to travel anywhere south to avoid the horrible I-35, but sadly you then have to deal with I-10 to get to San Antonio, which is just as bad until they get the construction finished. The part that frustrates me are the people who do 10 MPH under the speed limit, drive in the left lane, and absolutely refuse to move over causing some people to have to make dangerous passes around them.

A few years ago I road through Texas and at one point I got on an interstate highway. I'd heard the posted limit was 80 so I assumed everyone would be driving 90 or close to it. But in fact most were driving around 80 with many a little under, it just felt like the right speed.

It's not about the time saved, it's about my intolerance for boredom.

Tell me I get there later and I will still break every law I can getting there.

What was it that Dave Chapelle said on his show wearing a Fedex/Kinko's uniform many moons ago?

"Because F--- 'em, that's why!"

I made it to a meeting meeting this morning only 60 seconds late, so yea, "safe" speeding helps when you really need it. Though leaving earlier is always preferable, and possibly safer depending on conditions. So yea, lead foot will travel.

I think adaptive cruise control could help in this situation, but none of my old vehicles have it.

I always drive the speed limit, for better gas mileage