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Re:Amazon reaches 10000 Rivian electric delivery vans in U.S. by qup on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @03:53PM (#37933899)
If you drive the 55mph speed limit on "the bypass" in pretty much any metro area in the united states, you are risking your own life to be going so slow relative to traffic.

I'm generally the slowest driver on my commute, judging from the fact that I rarely pass anyone; however, I go faster than the speed limit, at some point during the trip, nearly every time I get in the car.

I do not endanger those around me, in my opinion.

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Re:Amazon reaches 10000 Rivian electric delivery vans in U.S. by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:14PM (#37934862)
I think this is extremely regional - it's not true in the Grand Rapids, MI metro area (here we have to fight to get people to zipper merge at the lane closure instead of backing up 5 miles down the expressway in one lane because they heard it was closed...)

But having driven in Chicago and San Francisco, it's quite different in some places. Probably needs local differences in policy and application.

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Re:Amazon reaches 10000 Rivian electric delivery vans in U.S. by paconbork on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @11:37PM (#37938057)
On the Dan Ryan, driving the speed limit would be very unsafe considering most people are going at least 15 over!
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