What makes people drive half the speed limit?

[Anonymous]

Anxiety/nervousness, being unfamiliar with the area, being in a rental car or driving someone else’s car. Old age or compromised health. Texting, eating, other “activities” that compromise concentration.

I recently started slowing down because for whatever reason, the reality of my aunt’s death hit me while I was driving, and it was the first time I cried. It only “hit me” for a few minutes, and I was able to get myself back together and go the speed limit. But it was a tough few minutes and if I had been near an exit, I would have taken it. But I was nowhere near an exit.

This isn’t really a mystery. There’s not a single thing on here that anyone has said that is shocking and no one has ever thought of before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Especially on two-lane highways with a speed limit of 55+? Just curious.

They're baked.

[Anonymous]

They’re on a bicycle. Except that’s more like 1/4 the speed limit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Especially on two-lane highways with a speed limit of 55+? Just curious.

Weed and stupidity.

[Anonymous]

1/2 never, but there’s always one person going 55 in the left lane that backs up traffic for miles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re on a bicycle. Except that’s more like 1/4 the speed limit

The worst!!

[Anonymous]

Some little, old lady who rarely drives and is very nervous. She has to get somewhere and drives half the speed in trepidation.

[Anonymous]

I'm an anxious driver (did not learn how until I was 27, grew up in Manhattan). I don't drive as slowly as in your example, but usually 5 miles below the speed limit in the slowest lane, which seems to infuriate some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is a symptom of our national disease.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/magazine/dangerous-driving.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I read this article, thanks for sharing. But it doesn't say that OP is the problem. People who are driving that far under the speed limit are a danger to the road. Can't drive with traffic on the highway? Find another way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an anxious driver (did not learn how until I was 27, grew up in Manhattan). I don't drive as slowly as in your example, but usually 5 miles below the speed limit in the slowest lane, which seems to infuriate some.

Please just get off the roads.

[Anonymous]

Warrants.

[Anonymous]

OP means why do people drive like 55 is the upper max speed. Which is correct.. OP thinks that 55 mph means, 55 or above. Speeding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is a symptom of our national disease.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/magazine/dangerous-driving.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I read this article, thanks for sharing. But it doesn't say that OP is the problem. People who are driving that far under the speed limit are a danger to the road. Can't drive with traffic on the highway? Find another way.

In my life I’ve only encountered “1/2 speed limit” when a bicyclist was at the head of a traffic line. And I’m from Gods waiting room (Florida) with tons of old drivers.

OPs perception of their “slow” speed is probably ~5% of speed limit where OP wants to go 15mph over.

[Anonymous]

*within ~5%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Especially on two-lane highways with a speed limit of 55+? Just curious.

A mechanical problem arose with the vehicle, not an ongoing or long-standing problem, but they need to take that route to get to home/dealer/service place.