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    06 months ago

    …nothing wrong with passing slowly as long as folks merge right afterward…

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      If someone takes a really long time with it, it can cause a huge holdup which can cause issues.

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        16 months ago

        …if everyone keeps right except to pass, any holdups are only briefly intermittent while traffic as a whole flows at an optimal pace for the road capacity…

        …traffic-flow problems come from lazy drivers attempting to passively ride in a steady state rather than actively driving

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          26 months ago

          I mean passing very slowly as in taking very long time doing it. I’ve seen it, someone passing like 1km/h faster than the car they’re passing. Others will come up behind the first car, want to pass and are stuck driving slow. Not ideal.

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            16 months ago

            …sure it is; let the slow traffic pass the slower traffic and net flow is optimised…

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            16 months ago

            1km/h is 28cm /s - they’d take about 25 seconds to pass a car. 25 seconds isn’t all that long

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              6 months ago

              You’re making some tight passes here and hanging really close to the other cars with those numbers. And for overtaking someone, even the 25 seconds is a while.