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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by amf12 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:42PM (#31996431)
Passing a slow car (driving below the limit) on two lane undivided highway. You could pass them at the speed limit, but its safer to just speed up while passing the car and then reduce your speed when you are back in your lane.

I had to do this multiple times passing RVs while on a road trip this weekend.

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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by Duralias on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:50PM (#31996488)
Ok, but legally you aren't allowed to do that.

Also why is it safer?

To me a predictable speed would be safer.

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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by pseudo0 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @02:44AM (#31997575)
It's legal, at least in the US, if there is a dotted or broken yellow line between the two lanes, the opposite lane is clear, and you have enough time/space to complete the overtaking before it swaps back to solid yellow. For obvious reasons, you generally want to spend as little time as possible in a lane that has traffic coming at you head-on.
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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:53PM (#31996508)
>Also why is it safer?

Because you spend less time and less distance in the "wrong" lane.

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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by atoav on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @01:31AM (#31997071)
Which you should not have entered in the first place.
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Re:New cars will stop drivers from speeding under European laws by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:39PM (#32003428)
Your opinion is asinine. If using the lane at that time/place to pass was not suitable it wouldn't be signed/marked for such. Increasing the time it takes for people to execute a pass is a regression in safety from the status quo.
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