Drivers going 10-15+ MPH UNDER the speed limit on a one-lane road, WHY????

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Anonymous wrote:People have both different driving abilities and different car abilities. My drivers ed teacher told me 30 something years ago that older drivers compensate for their slowing reaction times by slowing down their driving too. Which makes sense.

I’m in my 50s and while I don’t go below the speed limit, I do feel a difference in my reaction times and my distance vision, even though I have appropriate glasses. Also I’m aware people are on their phones. So I am more cautious than just 10 years ago.

Leave a little earlier and save yourself the stress.

The speed limit is the maximum speed. In fact, the maximum speed under ideal conditions.

You are supposed to drive below the speed limit. By definition.

Bullshit. If you can't drive the speed limit get off the road.

No, really. Look, here's the Maryland driver's manual:

Drivers must recognize and adjust their speed to adverse conditions. Maryland Vehicle Law requires that motorists drive at a reasonable and prudent speed and with a regard for existing and potential hazards. You may drive slower than the posted speed limit, based on road conditions, but it is illegal to drive any faster than the posted speed limit.

(Bolded by me.)

There's this, too:

The posted speed limit is the maximum legal speed you can travel on a road under ideal conditions.

http://www.mva.maryland.gov/_resources/docs/DL-002.pdf

This means you can adjust your speed in adverse conditions, it does not mean you can go 3 mph because you feel like it. You're an a$$hole, get off the road.

No, it means that when you go faster than the speed limit, you're breaking the law. That's literally what it says. It is illegal to drive any faster than the posted speed limit.

The OP's subject is dedicated to travelling UNDER the speed limit. If you are driving under the speed limit and impeding traffic under NORMAL conditions THAT is against the law and you can be ticketed. Once again, get off the road.

No, it's not. The speed limit is the fastest speed you can legally drive. That's what the law says. That's why it's the speed LIMIT. You are SUPPOSED to drive UNDER the speed LIMIT.

The law establishes a MINIMUM speed limit you dope, get off the road

[Anonymous]

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No, it's not. The speed limit is the fastest speed you can legally drive. That's what the law says. That's why it's the speed LIMIT. You are SUPPOSED to drive UNDER the speed LIMIT.

The law establishes a MINIMUM speed limit you dope, get off the road

No, there is only a minimum speed where there is a minimum speed that is posted. Where in this region are there two-lane roads (one lane each way) with posted minimum speeds? Or even four-lane roads (two lanes each way), except for the interstate highways?

I hope that you don't drive, because you don't know the traffic laws, and you sound like you would be an aggressive driver. Both of those things are dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Maryland law prohibits drivers from impeding “the normal and reasonable movement of traffic” by driving too slowly

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland law prohibits drivers from impeding “the normal and reasonable movement of traffic” by driving too slowly

Nope. Maryland law prohibits drivers from WILLFULLY driving a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

So if you're out there purposely driving 15 miles under the speed limit because you are trying to create traffic congestion, then yes, you're breaking the law.

But if you're out there driving 15 miles under the speed limit because it's dark, or it's wet, or the road is twisty, or you're trying to find a cross street, or you're old, or you're lost, or you're worried about deer, or you don't want to hit pedestrians or people on bikes or people getting on/off the bus, or whatever -- that's totally legal.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-21/subtitle-8/21-804/

When you're driving, other drivers get in your way, and so do other road users who aren't driving. That's just how it is. You need to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland law prohibits drivers from impeding “the normal and reasonable movement of traffic” by driving too slowly

Nope. Maryland law prohibits drivers from WILLFULLY driving a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

So if you're out there purposely driving 15 miles under the speed limit because you are trying to create traffic congestion, then yes, you're breaking the law.

But if you're out there driving 15 miles under the speed limit because it's dark, or it's wet, or the road is twisty, or you're trying to find a cross street, or you're old, or you're lost, or you're worried about deer, or you don't want to hit pedestrians or people on bikes or people getting on/off the bus, or whatever -- that's totally legal.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-21/subtitle-8/21-804/

When you're driving, other drivers get in your way, and so do other road users who aren't driving. That's just how it is. You need to deal with it.

Ok, whatever you say. I'll be driving around you...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland law prohibits drivers from impeding “the normal and reasonable movement of traffic” by driving too slowly

Nope. Maryland law prohibits drivers from WILLFULLY driving a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

So if you're out there purposely driving 15 miles under the speed limit because you are trying to create traffic congestion, then yes, you're breaking the law.

But if you're out there driving 15 miles under the speed limit because it's dark, or it's wet, or the road is twisty, or you're trying to find a cross street, or you're old, or you're lost, or you're worried about deer, or you don't want to hit pedestrians or people on bikes or people getting on/off the bus, or whatever -- that's totally legal.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-21/subtitle-8/21-804/

When you're driving, other drivers get in your way, and so do other road users who aren't driving. That's just how it is. You need to deal with it.

Ok, whatever you say. I'll be driving around you...

That's fine, as long as you wait to pass slower drivers until it's legal to pass, and you're not tailgating while you're waiting to pass legally. And you're not speeding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland law prohibits drivers from impeding “the normal and reasonable movement of traffic” by driving too slowly

Nope. Maryland law prohibits drivers from WILLFULLY driving a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

So if you're out there purposely driving 15 miles under the speed limit because you are trying to create traffic congestion, then yes, you're breaking the law.

But if you're out there driving 15 miles under the speed limit because it's dark, or it's wet, or the road is twisty, or you're trying to find a cross street, or you're old, or you're lost, or you're worried about deer, or you don't want to hit pedestrians or people on bikes or people getting on/off the bus, or whatever -- that's totally legal.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-21/subtitle-8/21-804/

When you're driving, other drivers get in your way, and so do other road users who aren't driving. That's just how it is. You need to deal with it.

Ok, whatever you say. I'll be driving around you...

That's fine, as long as you wait to pass slower drivers until it's legal to pass, and you're not tailgating while you're waiting to pass legally. And you're not speeding.

And you are absolutely certain that the reason the person in front of you has slowed down is not because of a hazard you can't see, like a sink hole in the road ahead or a child running in to the street.

[Anonymous]

Old Dominion is a curvy with close trees, blind intersections and lots of deer - driving slow will keep you from getting a make shift roadside memorial.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of tailgaters in Great Falls. They are in a hurry to get out of that hellhole.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People have both different driving abilities and different car abilities. My drivers ed teacher told me 30 something years ago that older drivers compensate for their slowing reaction times by slowing down their driving too. Which makes sense.

I’m in my 50s and while I don’t go below the speed limit, I do feel a difference in my reaction times and my distance vision, even though I have appropriate glasses. Also I’m aware people are on their phones. So I am more cautious than just 10 years ago.

Leave a little earlier and save yourself the stress.

The speed limit is the maximum speed. In fact, the maximum speed under ideal conditions.

You are supposed to drive below the speed limit. By definition.

Bullshit. If you can't drive the speed limit get off the road.

BS I rarely drive over a speed limit and I have never had an accident. How many accidents have you had speed racer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People have both different driving abilities and different car abilities. My drivers ed teacher told me 30 something years ago that older drivers compensate for their slowing reaction times by slowing down their driving too. Which makes sense.

I’m in my 50s and while I don’t go below the speed limit, I do feel a difference in my reaction times and my distance vision, even though I have appropriate glasses. Also I’m aware people are on their phones. So I am more cautious than just 10 years ago.

Leave a little earlier and save yourself the stress.

The speed limit is the maximum speed. In fact, the maximum speed under ideal conditions.

You are supposed to drive below the speed limit. By definition.

Bullshit. If you can't drive the speed limit get off the road.

BS I rarely drive over a speed limit and I have never had an accident. How many accidents have you had speed racer?

Actually you’re supposed to drive with the flow of traffic, which is usually about 10 above the speed limit on highways and 5-10 above on side streets, except for residential roads.

You’re that person who goes 55 on the beltway, right? Ugh.

[Anonymous]

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Actually you’re supposed to drive with the flow of traffic, which is usually about 10 above the speed limit on highways and 5-10 above on side streets, except for residential roads.

You’re that person who goes 55 on the beltway, right? Ugh.

"You're supposed to" according to whom? That's not what the law says. Are you a scofflaw driver?

[Anonymous]

Some people simply don't gave the skills to safely operate a car. They aren't aware of their surroundings and dont understand how the car responds to input. Basically, they are overwhelmed and shouldn't be on the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people simply don't gave the skills to safely operate a car. They aren't aware of their surroundings and dont understand how the car responds to input. Basically, they are overwhelmed and shouldn't be on the road.

Yup. If you don't understand that the speed limit is the maximum legal speed under ideal conditions, and that there are lots of reasons why slower speeds might be appropriate, then you shouldn't have a driver's license. Get off the road, you're endangering the public.

[Anonymous]

Speed LIMIT us the highest speed anyone should be driving. If others are speeding and breaking the law it's not an excuse to do it too.