Speeding saves you less time than you think

[@YoungBoomerlol]

Thank you for proving that running red lights is the true time saver

[@DahlinJahllin]

And going 120mph on the Road 😂

[@luisdiaz8052]

I get red lights all the time just for 0 cars to cross the intersection.

[@silvanbraendli]

@@luisdiaz8052 Arent your traffic lights smart or something? Shouldnt be red if noone is waiting

[@HPNOTIQ24]

@@luisdiaz8052god dammit this happens to me too much. After i exit the freeway in my commute home, i have to go through a gauntlet of 14 traffic lights. If i hit 1, im hitting all of them. Makes me SO MAD when it turns red for a car that already made their right turn.

[@PremiumRaizo]

I hate red lights. I find it impossible to not get out my phone during those agonizingly long 40 seconds.

[@tylerswan491]

Thats why i always just go 2x the speed limit. Keeps the math ez

[@geoart_]

Same, but imo 10x is way easier math. Just add zero or move the comma up 🔥🔥🔥 love to go 500 miles an hour with my 2005 volkswagen golf TDI on the streets

[@Racegas]

@@geoart_fac

[@cizib1442]

like #1000

[@burntpyromaniac]

When it’s 80MPH:

[@MoltenSamurai]

Same!

[@floridamaninthewild]

I was a long haul trucker for years. I usually drove for fuel saving than for speed. Plus the ease of driving at the posted speed ment everyone was zipping past and I rarely had to let off the gas for slower vehicles.

[@agarrikr2996]

My truck broke down once (fuel filter issue) and it was stuck driving 30 and constantly switching off every-time the speed gets lower. Guess what, what we would’ve done in 3 hours going 70 took us suddenly a full day.

[@Jinsodia]

@@agarrikr2996 his picture did show that 20-40 made a large difference, while the higher is negligible. i find it easier to think of a % increase in speed.

[@IridescentW]

​@jinsodia The higher isn't negligible though. He shows thst 60 to 80 is 60s to 45s. Or to 100 is 36s. The difference between 60s and 45s or 36s is significant, especially on a long drive.

[@incognitoburrito6020]

​@@IridescentWWhat highways are you driving on where the posted speed is 60 but you reasonably have the option to go 80 instead?

[@ianmcmullen1979]

@@incognitoburrito6020 Not the same guy but pretty much anywhere out west or in the midwest that is not near a major city.

[@AverageSensei]

You speed to save time, I speed to put the public at risk, we are not the same

[@ethanhuntBravoEcho11]

Bro I was looking for your comment

[@user-tl5bk9uv8x]

You should paint your walls red 😊

[@deezillusioned9909]

Thank you for your hard work!

[@arycogito]

old people 3 points. school kids 5 points

[@redtarget5275]

This is based.

[@paskky913]

This guy hasn't yet mastered the art of arriving to the destination on the last possible nanosecond before it's too late

[@depth2630]

Exactly one minute is the difference

[@depth2630]

One missed green light makes you late so speeding saves 3 minutes making you on time

[@hellstorm300]

@@depth2630 Did you try to get out of your bed 3 minutes earlier?

[@theultimatemasters4160]

​@hellstorm300 that's obviously way too much work. Better to speed and increase the risk to your life ofc

[@EmailBacon]

That’s your fault for leaving late

[@alexjulius69]

I always say that I don't speed to save time, I do it because it's fun.

[@captaincrackhead904]

i was just going to comment this

[@khakipeach2128]

Same that’s why almost all of us in here speed

[@hughmungusbungusfungus4618]

Just as the founding fathers intended

[@mrisuchnoob4120]

hi @@hughmungusbungusfungus4618

[@hamzajunaid11022]

My thought before clicking on this video

[@NilesBlackX]

Decided to do the math for my commute. 5mph over would save me nearly 2 days a year. Thanks, Stembite!

[@pdebie1982]

Sounds like a big win for me!

[@onddu2254]

So you save half a perfenct of your life and significantly increase the risks? Very much worth it.

[@ddandymann]

​​@@onddu2254If driving 5 mph faster significantly increases the risks of you driving then you probably shouldn't be driving in the first place.

[@tharealmb]

So how much a day is that? Because going with 230 working days and saving 2 whole days, that's 12 minutes each day. Problem with those kind of calculation though is that IF you get 10 extra minutes each day, the chance you actually can do something worthwhile with that time is slim. So it won't really give you two extra days. And it will probably result in 10 minutes a day of extra scrolling on your phone or watching KZbin.

[@onddu2254]

@@ddandymann That's the kind of egoistic thinking that gets people killed. In a 60 mph zone 5mph extra will equal to about 17% more kinetic energy. In a 30 zone that's about 36%, in 20 zone that's about 55%. You know speed isn't directly proportional to your kinetic energy, but your kinetic energy is directly proportional to the harm you cause and the braking distance.

[@TfGamess]

Nice try FED

[@arnoldziffel4943]

Yeah I’m not buying their fuzzy math.

[@ytrewqfdsacxz3181]

​@arnoldziffel4943 then do it yourself.

[@WillyG38]

And honestly I quite literally speed way more than "a little over the speed limit" at home the speed limit is 65 and I always go minimum 80-90 and you can't tell me that doesn't save time. I literally watch the google maps article time drop by like 5 minutes

[@devilsephiroth9000]

You keep believing, whatever it is you wish to believe. In the end that's all you'll ever do in life. Believe in things. That's what suckers do

[@Tregarz]

what I find funny is this dude doesnt show his math, he just immediately assumes 60mph = 60 seconds, like where is the reasoning behind that?

[@leafan101]

I used to be an unbelievable speeder as a teenager, to the point of averaging 100mph on an overnight trip from NC to NY. Obviously, completely unsafe. But sometimes I miss seeing the arrival time click down the whole time. I do not miss the general stress about whether the headlights behind me are a cop my radar detector missed. While drastic speeding certainly helps with time, driving smart is usually better than speeding in built up areas. Choosing the fastest lanes, modifying routes based on lights, and using speed in the right areas. Even without either of us breaking the speed limit, I am usually 5 minutes faster per 30 minute drive than my wife is, who doesn't care about applying strategy or getting places in the least amount of time. Fortunately, I have found as I got older that this can replace the adrenaline based need to speed.

[@patrick-west]

This feels "American" to me... I don't mean that to be a pajorative sorry so bare with me. In the UK, if I'm traveling less than 30 minutes maybe I'm on a 70 road for 10 of those, absolute most. I'm probably in a 30 the whole way. And doing 35 in a 30 is objectively way more dangerous, and most of the "time" like you said is junctions, lights, and traffic. But probably 60% of the distance I travel in a year is on motorways (no light, no junctions, less traffic, and 70 limit) And I'll be on that for 90% of the journey (3-5 hours usually), traffic flows on these roads (usually), and the fast lane traffic is averaging 75 anyway, so 80 isn't significantly more dangerous (depending on conditions, and other none speed factors) than 70. And over 5 hours that's over half an hour... Which is kinda huge if you're doing the journey regularly, have to work the other side, have external time limits and what not. That said these days I usually pop cruise control on at 65 and just cruise along using the pedals as little as possible, but that's a "cost" thing, the losses in time don't bother me as much (with audio books and podcasts) as the reduced fuel cost saves me money. I mean, that and I often "make up" most of the time in the 10% of residential driving in similar ways to your comment

[@jonahmiller5881]

I do that route regularly as well! One thing I learned was that the starting time of your drive matters as well. Driving through the DC area at noon costs you at least double the time (and wasted gas from stop n go traffic) as driving at midnight. And navigating alternate routes past Emporia saves plenty of hassle. Tricks like what you mentioned even managed to take it from a 12hr trip to a 10hr trip, with no tolls!

[@user-tq7kt9mj3u]

Speeding is usually the most effective on highways during long road trips. In suburban neighborhoods or the city, there’s no point

[@DamianSzajnowski]

If you factor in the heightening chances of accidents possibly prolonging your time to get to your destination to infinity (never), pretty sure overall time is still lost instead of saved.

[@iRsemple]

Why do you care so much about getting somewhere 5 minutes earlier? It's so annoying to see drivers on the road raging over min/maxing their time on the road, especially when it creates unsafe conditions for everyone just to save them 5 minutes.

[@tylerc2287]

Truck driver here. When you have an 11 hour trip speeding even 5 over makes a significant difference. Can usually save 30 minutes to an hour.

[@Yui_akise]

Thats why he says 1:15 "most of our driving is 15mins" speeding on a daily job/groceries drive is just unnecesary, saving 30 seconds isnt worth a police fine. And well, obv if you drive 11Hours the longer you drive the more time you save, simple growth. But sure, truck drivings are just insane, keep it up my brother ^^

[@jdotoz]

But how much extra gas?

[@veqazbaby2567]

Especially you as a truck driver should know that only „5 over“ also maked a significant diffrence in braking distance. And driving a truck there should be more responsibility involved. But who am I talking to, you are a truck driver for a reason huh.

[@MaximusLX]

@@veqazbaby2567 the world needs truck drivers

[@ambivvvvvvvvvalence]

@@MaximusLXThe world also needs trucks to be able to stop in a reasonable distance on pain of horrific accidents. Hence the speed limit and suggestions of responsibility

[@simplyeyeronic1443]

Honestly, the amount of times ive seen someone zip ahead of me only to either a) get stuck behind another car or b) get stopped at a red light, where i pretty much catch up, is what convinces me.

[@SirKolaris]

Same here! Always makes me laugh! 😆

[@m_winewood]

We’re takin that chance that we Indiana Jones the next yellow light

[@hasan_z]

just as much times the person gets so far ahead you don't see them again which is why it's less memorable

[@Sam-dt1kg]

Straw man logical fallacy^ Much more often someone speeds infront of you and you never see them again, but dont remember all of those times. you just remember when they dont

[@datboi9994]

@@Sam-dt1kg That's not a straw man. It's confirmation bias.

[@AG_247]

0:17 that's the US education system in a nutshell. Learning how to drive a car BEFORE you learn things about math.

[@jakin6718]

???

[@southernscots-irish4]

I go 120 miles an hour on the highway instead of 65, I save good amount of time.

[@Xsar1942]

Thats a big risk but you sure get there faster xd

[@tgb-vf4es]

You don't save time, you're only increasing your chance of getting in a serious accident. You could think of it as accelerating faster towards a higher probability of death.

[@southernscots-irish4]

@tgb-vf4es My drive to school is supposed to be about an hour, I get there in 30 minutes.

[@tgb-vf4es]

@@southernscots-irish4 doesn’t change the fact you do so at an exponentially higher risk. You'll realize that one day.

[@abuKaJeiN.]

it's less of a risk if there is infrastructure and you are prepared to do so. aka not usa @@Xsar1942

[@isoid]

As a math guy I've always thought about this... but gone 5 over anyways because I realize that 3 seconds can mean the difference between making a yellow light or not. And lights last a lot longer than a few seconds, sometimes minutes depending on where you are. Plus on the highway, speeding does actually save a ton of time. All that said, 99% of the time safety is far more worth it than timeliness, so unless it is an actual emergency going fast should never be the priority. I'd rather be 5 minutes later to work because of bad traffic than 15 minutes late to work because I got pulled over. Or even worse, get into a crash or get someone injured/killed. That's the real argument against speeding--not how much time you save, but how fast you can stop and adjust in case of things going wrong.

[@joostinatortje]

True, sometimes, just winning a few seconds can make all the difference in reaching the traffic light "cycle". I have to make a trip of about 35 minutes very regulary, it's mostly a straight road without much potential delay. But the 2 traffic lights that are early on the route (after about 5 minutes) can make the most impact. The waiting time can be more than 2 minutes. So what I tend to do, is to speed (going about 90 to 95 kmh on a mostly empty double lane 80 kmh road) for the first 5 minutes of the trip. Then I reach the traffic light, and after that, i continue driving nicely within the speed limit for the rest of the 30 minutes since my potential time save is then already done. If I save 1 cycle on that traffic light by just 5 minutes of going only 10 to 15 kmh too fast, I win a damn lot of time with just minimal risk. Of course, I will often still get unlucky and miss the cycle, whereas I lose all potential profit, but by going 80 kmh the chance on missing an earlier cycle is much, much bigger. Regarding safety; it is basically a double lane highway with inner separator guardrail. It always used to be 100kmh, but at some point they decided to make it 80 kmh. So the road itself is at least as safe as a highway and the traffic is minimal as it is in one of the most remote corners of the country. So there is no safety risk at all (I wouldn't like endangering others), only risk is the possible fine if the police would do speedcheck.

[@WokeNTokeN]

W take

[@K1dPhresh1]

Or the inverse….3 seconds can mean being in a car accident or showing up right after it. It’s all a crapshoot.

[@isoid]

@@K1dPhresh1 same as 3 seconds can mean just dodging a car accident or getting caught in one That much is entirely luck

[@K1dPhresh1]

Absolutely, no question. Thats why I said it’s a crapshoot. Almost infinite amount of variables. Nobody knows.

[@johnhbenn]

It's not actually the speed that matters, it's the smiles per gallon

[@haveabaoday2734]

DASKODASKDAS NICE!

[@cynicalsayonara7169]

This is the corniest yet sweetest thing I've ever read. FU.

[@NoahtheEpicGuy]

The friends we made along the way.

[@haaxxx9]

So get a Miata or any good road trip car and drive spiritedly across your country and visiting landmarks?! I'm going to do that as soon as possible, man The Crew 2 is realistic after all!

[@KevinPDunn]

As an owner/operator of a 2009 Chevy Suburban 2500 (10 MPG), I felt this 👍

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

I love how this comes on my rec when I went 100+ on the highway and went from a place that's normally 1:30 to 2 hours to my house cutting that into 45 minutes

[@Spamm20]

Ye cause you were 25+ over the speedlimit and given that you could keep that speed, there was little traffic, which further reduces your travel time

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

@Spamm20 speeding saves time. We should all start speeding! 👌

[@shadanequbal6756]

And over speeding kills

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

@@shadanequbal6756 ya when you don't know how to drive.

[@mnmnrt]

​@@JONtheULTIMATENope, always.

[@MidnightMustang]

That's why I save my speeding for long distance drives. Cutting an 8 hour journey down to 4 hours by going double the speed limit was 100% worth it

[@ayarikiyo2178]

Your username checks out

[@MidnightMustang]

@@ayarikiyo2178 :D

[@artraudgaming3575]

so based

[@Saikocide]

based

[@Raphael-sk9pv]

did you have any radars?

[@somedude4805]

I learned at some point that the traffic lights in my town were timed at intervals that would allow you to hit mostly if not all greens IF you were doing the speed limit. Driving the speed limit is tedious, but I got to places with less stress and ironically in less time too.

[@MarcLloydZ]

Engineers also account for people going over the speed limit. Such as the amount of time the yellow light is displayed.

[@joe1205]

Yes, but depending on how heavy the traffic is, or how spaced you are from the car in front, it can give you all reds too! 😂

[@pain002]

thats actually very smart city planning

[@banisher8416]

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[@BWolf00]

I found out the lights on one road are actually timed to crop 5-7 secs off the green light window the closer you get to a main artery. If you make a yellow just as it turns you have to actually increase your speed to catch it green...initially that sounds realistic, but each subsequent light turns yellow earlier "forcing" you to go faster and faster. I don't understand why, and can only think it's some sort of traffic throttling as it's only in effect during the high volume times.

[@TheAviationChannel]

Makes a huge difference as a large vehicle driver. As someone who drives coaches, that 5mph difference when driving for 9hrs a day saves 27minutes. That’s the difference between being able to make it home ontime or running out of driving hours and having to stay at a hotel for the night. The 27mins gives us extra driving time in the city.

[@IM-qy7mf]

Lol. 27 mins over a 9 hour time is not a huge difference. It might work out in your favor but that's literally not even a min saved every hour!

[@TheAviationChannel]

@@IM-qy7mf makes a huge difference when our driving hours are recorded via tacho, so we’ll get into huge trouble if we go even a minute over our driving hours. Coaches are speed limited to 62mph so I’ll use all of that 62mph where I can.

[@thehumanfish]

@@IM-qy7mf how is saving 27 min over 9 hours not more than a minute per hour saved?? Ddi you read your comment before you posted it??

[@JonezBBQ]

@@thehumanfishcmon man math is hard. He’s doing his best in the after school special help classes. It’s kind of embarrassing to have an underclassman teaching him, but he’s doing his best!

[@magnificenthonky]

​@@IM-qy7mf As a CDL driver, I can assure you that the extra 27 minutes are EXTREMELY valuable. When you've only got 14 hours to do 11 hours worth of driving, every day, AND only 70 hours per 7 day period in which to cram those work days, every single second that you can save is a golden nugget. And, those are just the Federal requirements. Add to that, there are often very tight appointment times associated with whatever load you're pulling. And, roadwork and accidents inevitably rob some of your time. I assume the OP, in his role as a coach driver, has much the same restraints to deal with, making each second highly valuable to him, as well. Incidentally, time is a nonrenewable resource. Each second lost, is gone forever, never to be regained.

[@Wet_Deer]

I’ve actually thought about this before. That’s why I only speed in school zones

[@driftin-music]

is that you marques?

[@Sarpro72]

In PA, the speed limit on most highways is 55 within like 40 miles of most of the big cities. Almost everyone on the highway goes like 75-80. Now, I agree, per trip, speeding does not make sense. But for daily commuters that have to drive more than a half hour each way, the cumulative time reduction and time savings is rather significant. I shave about 10 minutes off of my 1 hour a day total commute, everyday. That’s pretty significant.

[@Taima]

Also in PA, also had a one hour commute at a couple points. What time of day are you driving that you can actually save so much? Outside of when I had to work Saturday mornings I never had enough open road long enough to make anywhere near that significant of a saving.

[@br1ghts0ng]

problem is, while the time saved gets exponentially less the higher your speed is, the exponentially larger force the car will create on an impact. increasing from 20-25 mph will only increase the force by 112.5 x mass, increasing from 75-80 increases the force by 387.5 x mass, hence why speeding far above limits is so dangerous. ultimately though the safest speed will always be what everyone else is driving, so it’s more of a public safety issue rather than something one person can address by driving the limit

[@titaniumballs8757]

@@br1ghts0ng ironically as a speeder I agree. The extra 10 min per day doesn't matter if you lose 20, 30, 40, etc.. years of your life

[@mathis_super]

Just curious, what are you doing with your extra 10 min per day ?

[@_Sloppyham]

I’d also say it’s safer to go WITH the speed of traffic than to go slower.

[@Lethal19]

Conclusion: it's better to go 100 in a school zone than on the highway because you're saving more time

[@weetikveelpik-wq5bx]

1200+ likes, no replies? Lemme ruin that

[@3141minecraft]

Going 100 km/h on school zone? Are you crazy? Aren't you worried? If a car accident occurs, you are NOT saving time.

[@Lethal19]

@@3141minecraft I was thinking mph

[@Blacker-nz9mp]

@@3141minecraftit’s called sarcasm

[@mcprice3640]

​@@3141minecraftbut that's the point of having fun!

[@westmcgee9320]

He seemed to come really close to saying what so many of us are thinking - that most of the time, most people are driving distances so short that speeding is barely impactful. But it’s still a worthwhile consideration. If your goal is simply “winning” an imaginary race, then this will not penetrate your brain.

[@jeffreychen5130]

most people when they drive think about winning a race when there isnt one. people act like they need to drive 100 miles both ways to get to the super market when in reality its like 10 mins. absolutely pushing it and then getting mad when people arent flooring it like them. bunch of clowns behind the wheel

[@picomanbungace4035]

@@jeffreychen5130Have you ever considered that most people aren’t “flooring it” as you put it? Maybe you just drive a really slow car. I’ve driven lots of different types of vehicles and when I was stuck in a loaner Corolla with 129 horsepower it literally required me to floor it just to achieve a fraction of the acceleration my actual car puts out. My car needs to be going around 40mph before it really lets you coast comfortably as a result of the gear ratios, but in a Corolla you can happily putt along at 15-20mph because it’s a slow pos. Where as being stuck behind a Corolla in my car means I have to sit there feathering the gas pedal while the car angrily growls because it’s stuck in its granny gears.

[@Vitalitay]

@@jeffreychen5130you just don’t live in NJ

[@horsepuncher95]

Minimum drives where I live tend to be 1 hour, Australia is mostly bush lol so kind of irrelevant unless you live somewhere densley populated.

[@jeffreychen5130]

@@Vitalitay i hope i never have to live in that shit ass state

[@gofredi4249]

Conclusion: to save time you need to go a lot faster than you're going

[@andrewkarsten5268]

As someone who drives 10 hour round trips on weekends frequently to visit family, I can assure you I have shaved half an hour off the predicted arrival time almost every 5 hour one direction trip by going 80 in a 70. Where I live, almost everyone else goes faster, so I never have to worry about getting pulled over, but I’m not going 70 on 5 hours of interstate when I can go 80 for basically no risk, especially when it saves me half an hour every time

[@Hexnilium]

That's the only time it makes sense. Longer distances of sustained speeding where the risk of the excess speed is more controlled, manageable, or minimal by the nature of the road and driving conditions such as in the fast lane on an interstate highway.

[@smeyo]

literally he said in the video its not worth for 10-15minute drives

[@Fiufsciak]

What about fuel costs?

[@mikec2845]

​@@Fiufsciak There are a lot of considerations there, in a roadtrip setting as long as the inefficiency caused by the 10mph speed increase is lower than the fuel cost of a longer drive, you save fuel. I imagine anyone driving 10mph over the speed limit is more concerned about getting home faster than the slightly higher fuel cost- and, in all fairness, it would not be a huge margin either way.

[@user-cd6vy2jg6f]

Okay you just didn’t watch the video at all. You’re one of those annoying people that comment and form options / get angry over titles and not content. I.e super low IQ

[@ima2319]

As a wise man once said - *SPEED AND POWER*

[@mark9294]

That’s pretty sad.

[@RennieAsh]

That solves all the issues. You get there faster with speed. If anything blocks your way, POWER.

[@gDiniM]

​@mark9294 youre sad.

[@toasted8096]

Speeding definitely helps over longer distances, and even in short distances sometimes they can cause you to miss some traffic that you would have been involved in if you weren't.

[@RamsayRamo]

Nobody seems to be talking about how it can increase the odds you get through a green light that would have turned red otherwise (unless they are sensored). Or how speeding usually means you can overtake people and be further up the queue at junctions, traffic lights etc. Not saying that makes it worth or means any time saving is worth speeding but its far more complex than this video

[@toasted8096]

@@RamsayRamo Yes, that's the point I was trying to get across. Speeding most definitely decreases travel times, however you increase the risk of crashing and getting pulled over. An example coube be if I'm running late to work and I'm speeding and as I'm driving a semi up ahead of me is waiting to turn as I pass it, and it turns after I pass. If I hadn't have had speeding I would've been stuck behind a semi truck in a one lane road significantly decreasing my times even further.

[@simbafam7430]

You guys are really, really dumb

[@solarblitz4524]

I was thinking this too. 80mph over 60 might only save you 15 seconds per mile, but over a 3hr drive you're saving 45 minutes

[@Hans353]

Yes this! This video makes it seem ONLY mph speed makes a difference. When there is sssssssoooo much more to it.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

And unlike the time it saves you, which drops off quickly, the danger of going faster increases very fast, as stopping distance scales with the square of speed, as does kinetic energy. Going from 60mph to 70mph cuts your driving time by just 14% assuming no stops, but it increasing your stopping distance and kinetic energy by 36%. But oh, it gets even worse! In most collisions, people have time to slam on the brakes for at least a couple seconds before hitting. If that's the case, the amount of speed you have once you do collide depends on a lot of things and it's kind of an algebraic nightmare to derive an exact formula, but the intuitive explanation is that going faster both means you have more speed to shed *and* you have less time to shed it, which means you won't just be hitting the object 10mph faster, but more like 15-20. You can end up with potentially double or even triple the kinetic energy that you would have had you not been speeding. TLDR, speeding makes collisions so much worse while barely saving time. It's high risk, low reward. Just don't do it.

[@WavyCats]

That statement breaks down at highway speeds because you’ll die anyway no matter if you are going the speed limit or going 40% over. The difference is the reaction speed and the control of your car. There’s a reason why some highways have cars going 20-40% over on average, while other highways you stick close to the limit.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

@ That's not true at all. Collisions, even at highway speeds, are survivable, but that survivability drops off quickly with speed. Read my comment again.

[@WavyCats]

@@Owen_loves_Butters A frontal collision at 100kmph is generally not survivable. If you factor in breaking times, then yes, 40kmph difference will substanially change things at lower speeds, but at the same time, a driver driving 40% faster should also allocate 40% more space to react, and we end up cancelling out many things. Because we normally account for our reaction speeds during driving, you might have more speed to shed, but you don't have less time to shed it unless you are hitting a stationary object that you can't see AND you can't react to it on time, in which case you shouldn't be driving that fast in the first place on that road. Most city highways do not have these hazards.

[@rzr651]

The thing you’re missing out is traffic, passing people means you essentially moved up in the line like on a highway with an overtaking lane. This means when you reach a traffic light, there’s a higher chance you’ll make it before it turns red, but that’s all chance. Also it depends on the distance, high distance speeding saves a LOT of time.

[@allsystemsgootechaf9885]

Getting up front is even easier on a motorcycle! Filtering is legal in most states, its similar lane splitting in execution but its done while cars are stopped at a stop light, just make your way up the front.

[@Comrade_Chloe]

Correct, my friend and I shaved 4 hours on our drive from Dallas to Phoenix. Helps when you have a camera on a tripod that can see about 10 miles ahead of you so you don’t have to worry about cops.

[@Quickmf56]

@@aidaneaglesfield9148at least it means you’ll be in front of where you would have been

[@nogerboher5266]

Bro, even if you don't make it on green and you get there on a red light, you'll still be WAAAY ahead in the line on the red light, compared to the guy you passed a minute ago, who will probably be 15, 20 or more cars behind you or wont even be at the traffic light yet... People who say speeding doesn't save you time are either 1.stupid OR 2.don't know how to drive, because I have an exactly 1 hour drive (normal driving) to work and when I speed, I get there almost half an hour sooner, HALF A FUCKING HOUR SOONER! Let that sink in...

[@buzzin533]

​​@@aidaneaglesfield9148Even if you get stuck in traffic sooner, you will exit the traffic sooner than someone going slower. You will also get back to your faster speed first, which will widen the gap between the 2 cars even more. Not to mention, you may even beat the traffic in the first place, which is such an immeasurable advantage.

[@joshuadabrowski0033]

I don’t speed to save time, I speed for the thrill. Edit: damn this got a lot of likes. Ps: I speed when it’s safe to, I don’t drive like a jackass during rush hour, or swerve through traffic, but if it’s open, you best believe I’m flying down that road.

[@silverletter4551]

You must have a boring life

[@trc7343]

lol

[@M.C.274.]

I used to, and now I no longer have a licence rip

[@shadowling77777]

@@M.C.274.skill issue

[@alexstama1778]

based

[@HyadumHH]

It is pretty obvious, going 30 in a 25 zone in the city will not give you any advantage at all. If you miss only one green light, you will actually drop the actual average speed to maybe 10 mph in a 1-mile trip. But going for hours on the highway is a whole different story, during a 8h drive, which most drivers will do if they need to travel long distances, going 5 over the limit will save you about 40 minutes (70->75).

[@Universal_Craftsman]

I agree, there shouldn't be speedlimits on the highway, at my place, there is often 100 km/h 62 mph on the highway and 100km/h 62 mph speedlimit on the county road beside it, I mean what's the highway for? Some sections are 130 km/h 80 mph, but that's rather scarce and too slow anyway. 160 km/h 100 mph would be a proper highway speed in my opinion, because most people drive that fast anyway, but it's just another scheme of the government to collect money from spending tickets.

[@yungdomino4718]

@@Universal_Craftsman The highways where I live pass through mountains. Ive driven a lot of different cars but the 2 id like to compare is a 2013 Camaro and a 2005 Mustang. The 5th gen Camaro can absolutely shred long sweeping turns at 100+ mph but the mustang, with its solid rear axle understeers a shit ton and I wouldnt trust it to make those same turns at 2/3rd that speed. Anything west of the great plains in the US, and you'll see plenty of highway mountains where the speed limits are particularly reasonable. Especially driving around Jerome in AZ. Insanely windy and fun to drive but the roads are so tight that even attempting to speed, you find yourself barely exceeding the speed limit because of the absolute focus it requires to get a car through there without fucking up is hard to ignore.

[@Universal_Craftsman]

@@yungdomino4718 I see your point, you have to drive within the capabilities of your vehicle and the conditions of the road and traffic. Here in Europe most cars are capable of doing high speeds on cury roads, I can even go 100 km/h 62 mph with my Toyota picnic 2.2 diesel which is a family van on country roads, and 160 km/h 100mph on the highway are also no problem. Just look at some videos from Germany, they max out their car on the highway at 230 km/h 140 mph with no sweating, it's the regular speed they go when driving, since on the German Autobahn most sections have no speed limit.

[@jonahlossau4572]

It doesn’t save you about 40 min. It saves you about 28 min.

[@Wyte_Knight]

@@Universal_Craftsman Living in Europe too, my first car was a Clio 2 phase 2 and now I'm in a old Citroen C3. Always near 150/160kmh, max speed I did with the Clio was 175 (gps speed, not dashboard). The C3 can't do really more than 160 so it's mostly 150 because I don't really want to destroy her engine lmao

[@zenkai8247]

I definitely learned the hard way that rushing in life doesn't help you get things done faster, it only creates more room for mistakes that cost you even more time.

[@JohnSmith-qe6fb]

That's if you don't hit a red light anywhere. I live outside a major city and the number of times I catch up to speeders at the 1st red light into town is absurd.

[@ohya101]

But how many of them made the light because they were speeding? Even if they only got to the light 5 seconds earlier, if they made it while it was yellow, it's saves them over a minute at the light.

[@frafraplanner9277]

@@ohya101 Exactly. The only way to save time is to not hit red lights (so take the freeway, or get your city to install roundabouts at intersections, or make it through yellow lights, or get the city to program to signals on major roads so that there's a "green wave," or -run red lights and die in a crash- (don't do that))

[@tnnt1263]

It's also going to be a hell of a lot slower if you get yourself pulled over. There's a major road near me that people love to speed down because it has a very short green light. The police know about that, and so a ton of people get stopped there.

[@Wyte_Knight]

Most of the time on everyday routes you know the timing of the red lights since they're synchronized, so just looking at the first you know if you can't speed or not

[@xAvitaLT]

@@tnnt1263 So instead of making the green light last longer they'll just profit off it. Classic government I have that kind of light where I live so I just skip that kind of light by just going through a parking lot lol

[@crislie4149]

This just shows the difference between the urban and rural mindsets. In a situation where you’re driving a lot of short distances, this is pretty accurate. When you consistently drive longer distances, he couldn’t be more wrong. Those 10-15+ minutes add up and save 5, 10, 20 minutes over greater distances.

[@rawman44]

Yeah this is only accurate in one setting, but he seems to not mention that

[@RBZ-1]

Being someone who drove approx 55 minutes (one way) to work and 70% was toll road...I knew this vid had to be a specific scenario lol. I'd save around 15 minutes by going 80mph

[@WarringFighter]

he specifically said "most of us drive at most 30 minutes", indirectly he did address it@@rawman44

[@abel6298]

Read your bible! (KJV, preferably) ♥‎‎ ‎

[@Butcho22]

Yeah but even 15 minutes over a long distance isn't much

[@BoomBoomBlitzcrank]

I used to be a autoparts delivery driver, and delivered tires for almost a year across town to a bunch of different mechanics and stores all across my city. We had a Google Maps GPS screen thing built into the dash that was always on whenever the car was on, it was really useful, it used to tell us the estimated time on arrival, speed limits, traffic, etc. same stuff that regular Google Maps tells you anyways. What I found really interesting, was that as it picked up a route from Point A to Point B, I noticed that if started going 10 - 15mph over the speed limit, the ETA only changed by like 1-2 minutes on average, it was hardly ever a noticeable difference. So like a dummy I started to try and challenge it and get the ETA down by 10+ minutes and it was almost impossible, even if I sped up by like 25mph on the highway the ETA would automatically adapt and increase by like 4-5 minutes, and it was always dead accurate, that GPS would instantly adjust to the car's speed and would calculate a new ETA. So then I just started going the speed limit and stopped driving like a moron, and not only did it make things less stressful, I didn't risk speeding tickets, hitting someone or risk my job at the time.

[@jmk3723]

When you look up while driving and see a stale red traffic light in the distance, you gotta love that SUV driver who needs to fly up right to your bumper and then passes you only to have to stop at that light. Chef’s kiss

[@420Manhwa]

Thank you. I'll go 200mph in a 30mph to save time now! Greatly appreciated.

[@Linus-tz2tk]

200mph itselfe is actually very good but please do that on a highway and not in a city.

[@Jason-sg1uo]

All I learned was that doubling your speed from 60 to 120 does, in fact, halve the time

[@sleepeii]

Thank you for proving that drunk driving is the answer to getting to my destination faster

[@Clkr3]

It's basically fast travel IRL

[@XDMIIIIIIIII]

It really is, you don’t even feel the traffic per se lol, although don’t be stupid always with moderation. Tipsy gets the job done

[@SwagbobKushpants]

​@@XDMIIIIIIIIITipsy sure does get the job done of running over kids and the elderly.

[@yourburningworld8719]

To hell?

[@marco3391]

@@domodiakafterlife speedrun

[@malus36]

Instructions unclear. my car is now wrapped around a tree

[@KodasGarden]

Not to mention the amount of people I see speeding passed only for me to pull up next to them at every red light is hilarious😂

[@freddie4682]

Most people who speed, do it cause it’s fun. Driving slow is boring

[@justalonelypoteto]

exactly. Most geniuses who speed forget that the people who design roads don't want people to stay at red lights if they could otherwise keep moving, for pretty obvious reasons. They don't hate you, they want you to not die or kill people while keeping it moving, thus traffic lights are time-synchronized to let as many people through without stopping, that balance is however completely thrown off once people start to think they're smarter than the guy whose entire job it is to make the road work its best, then you get a bunch of idiots that waste gas and human lives to have the privilege of waiting at an intersection, frustratedly watching as the guy who knows how to read road signs who was going 20mph slower than them pulls up to their right. You'd think this would become obvious after about 30 minutes of driving, and sitting in bad drivers' passenger seat it definitely does, yet it's like these people have a blind spot for facts and logic because the feeling of going momentarily faster must mean you're making it there quicker than the dude who still keeps catching up to you at every red light.

[@soupcangaming662]

@@justalonelypoteto tl;dr: run red lights

[@prostynick]

Yeah, at sometimes overtaking just one car will save you 30s on the next traffic lights. It's just a bad argument in general. And I agree with @freddie4682. I speed, because going slow is boring. I'm much more focused when I speed. I did the math long time ago on my country highway. 200km to go, but in reality only 130km on the highway. Why go 160km/h instead of legal 140 if it saves me just few minutes and costs me more fuel? Because going 140 is boring. That's why.

[@spongebobsquarepants3770]

That’s the stupidest comment ever, … it’s because you don’t know how to drive, so they cannot get around you very well so they’re stuck at red light with you

[@brogart1952]

Thanks for explaining why I should go 80 through a school zone! Super helpful information

[@killbeastefootball]

Thank you for enlightening me with the fact that speeding in residential and school areas is the most efficient. I will try this out

[@mark9294]

Disgusting.

[@killbeastefootball]

@@mark9294 buddy have you ever heard of sarcasm?😢

[@discman15]

Every truck owner: "ain't reading all that"

[@danieldorn9989]

Those few seconds could actually mean that you still get through a yellow light phase, saving you a lot more time

[@thierryaubin1923]

It can also makes you wait longer at the same light and waste all the seconds you saved.

[@andrej2375]

Exactly. Saving 3 seconds on the drive to a light saves you an expected amount of 3 seconds. It could be 0 or it could be minutes, but it averages out to 3 seconds.​@@thierryaubin1923

[@thecrazyfarmboy]

​@@thierryaubin1923 yes, it can go either way and he isn't denying that. But there is a very real chance that you can get through the light before it turns red.

[@thierryaubin1923]

@@thecrazyfarmboy on average your gonna save exactly the time shown in the video. You cannot count any time saved for the lights.

[@UV0023]

​@@thierryaubin1923 you can and you should

[@idray986]

Looks like I'll just have to go 120...

[@LoXHumaN]

Sure over short distances, but when commuting far it saves a lot of time. Going 75 vs 65 on the freeway in a 4 hour drive definitely makes a difference.

[@Batmann_]

It definitely makes a difference in a 20 minute drive, too. It's just not a significant difference. If you had done the math to mention the amount, your comment would have been a lot more substantial.

[@normalguycap]

Right it's only a difference over long trips. But Americans are dumb and don't know basic math and drive based on emotion and feel.

[@ghostsmoke11]

That's a difference of 40 miles over the same time period. I guess you gotta balance if the speeding ticket is worth it.

[@GeeRad]

Maybe you should move closer to work?

[@user-ec2kd8sz3t]

Exactly. I went on a daytrip to a nearby (in US terms) city. It was 240 miles each way, basically all on the interstate. My buddy was a bit of a madman and did 85 mph most of the way. He saved us nearly two hours compared to if he had cruised at the 65 mph speedlimit. Totally worth it (especially because it wasn't going to be points on MY license if we got caught, lol).

[@kasozar3800]

It also depends on the distance. you have a 4 hour drive and you go 95 instead of 65 you save about 30 min which is a big chunk of time

[@DavidStewart-np3cj]

As someone who drives 150 miles a day. Speeding, passing and weaving is exhausting. Sometimes I have to take 15 minute nap when I get home…if I stay in the right lane and mind my own business I still feel awake throughout the evening.

[@CurrySchuessel]

Very underrated comment

[@666marq]

Yea, speeding doesn't pay off for a short distance as saves little time and makes you tired after a longer drive, so it's not worth it too. The time you saved is for a nap. Simply increased accident probability just for nothing.

[@braydenmassa31]

Cruise control would like a word with you

[@Elfking94]

Sounds like a nice drive if it wasnt every day

[@Elfking94]

Sounds like a nice drive if it wasnt every day

[@pellevandenbroek4288]

This explained to me that speeding is definitely saving me time

[@tomasprochazka6198]

We have saying: "nemusí pršet, stačí když kape". Raw translation: it doesn't have to (be a heavy) rain, it's enough if it drips (light rain). Aka, little is better than nothing.

[@jf5504]

It's always funny to me seeing people drive like maniacs to get ahead, yet we All end up at the same red light. 😂

[@nand0505]

little do they know that running the red light is the real time saver

[@CriTicOfsOrts]

Or they beat the light, and then you’re just there 🤷‍♂️

[@worf792]

​@@CriTicOfsOrtsyes

[@Lurker01]

The best when you already slowing down and then somebody needs to take you because you are too slow

[@blame7121]

Sometimes those extra few seconds are the difference between going through a green light and having to stop for a red light.

[@pauliusiv6169]

3 seconds might not seem like a lot but it really adds up over time

[@alkaholic4848]

In a minute, it adds up to 60 seconds. 🤯

[@pontiacw7]

Only if you're driving 100s of miles. If your just driving to the mall, it doesn't make much difference.

[@Blubberoxford]

And you spend those 3 seconds commenting on KZbin 😂

[@leifdux7277]

I remember reading somewhere that even emergency vehicles can speed and have massive right-of-way, they only save about 3min~. Of course, this is very crucial for ambulances as not breathing for 3min can cause brain death etc.

[@crunchysoup406]

That is due to most ambulances (at least in america) are stupidly sluggish and slow. They literally can't speed most of the time due to power restrictions

[@gabrielg1749]

Not only cant they go fast, especially around corners, but 3 minutes on how long of a travel? 3 min on a 6 min travel? Thats significant, 3 min on a 30 min travel less so.

[@ho5zk]

@@crunchysoup406 I don’t think it is an issue of power. It is more about cornering.

[@celem12]

@@ho5zk it also depends on wether the medic in the back needs to ''work'' on the patient. Like if the patient is in dire need of doctor but stable, they can go faster. If the patient is unstable and the medic needs to perform tasks to maintain the patient, then the driver need to take that into consideration when driving. Also some places have speed limits for ambulances for general safety. It's considered ''the right thing to do'' to not put more lives at risk than the number you're trying to save.

[@ho5zk]

@@celem12 Makes sense to me. 👍

[@harryhunt1735]

they should show this on speed awarness courses instead of just doing the stupid 4 hours lesson which feels like detention for adults, this 1:41 second video is all they really need to show

[@SirEEf13]

I think the other stuff has it's place but if the whole thing is really 4 hours long then they should definitely kick out some other stuff and discuss the time save (or just include this video) instead

[@gDiniM]

It would do nothing, a majority of people dont speed to save time. some of us have fun with our cars.

[@leocossham]

They say exactly this stuff in speed awareness course

[@Shellll]

thats still 5% faster.. it also means getting a yellow light where youd otherwise get a red if you were that 5% slower. bro discovers math and doesnt consider the variables

[@mikermiks5784]

Video is dumb anyway. "Saves you less time than you think" Then tells me what I thought already.

[@cencent2189]

I always just leave 10-15m early because of this and go chilling at the side of the road letting everyone pass me going the speed limit. It's just relaxing by this point

[@SonGoku-tp8gb]

I envy you. I have a habitual problem of waking up late 😭 I end up speeding more often than I'd like.

[@MikfinityPog]

@@SonGoku-tp8gb I just procrastinate getting ready till I already know I'm late lmao

[@cencent2189]

@SonGoku-tp8gb I used to always be late 5-10m it's hard to make the change but I've started being so much more calm after going slow. Hope u can take it calm one of these days

[@daymarez4920]

You’re the a** that drives like they have no where to go and hold up traffic.

[@mcdonaldsgaming3974]

​@@MikfinityPoglol same and I am an expert procrastinator... I procrastinate in every thing in my life not just traveling or getting ready. Although everything ended up being fine but I have missed my school bus a few times. 😂

[@lewisgilliland60]

Speed is useful over time though, if you want to check, use the equation (distance=rate•time)/(d=rt) and switch out the variables to solve for t, I think it looks like (time=distance/rate)/(t=d/r) to find how long it would take you based off your speed.👍

[@butterphli3z]

The secret to getting home quick isn't just speeding. It's being able to predict lanes turns and traffic light timings so that you are constantly going fast and this requires you to be a bloody good driver. with a lot of awareness. I have a quote I made up and it's "everyone is in a rush but no one knows how to drive fast".

[@TheBeeWolf]

Nailed it here. My wife drove me to work when my car was in for a tune-up and it took a solid 15+ minutes. While there is maybe one morning out of the month where it takes me more than ten minutes. I have five lights to hit, then interstate, then two more lights. It's all about how you approach those damn lights and counter the people that drive like they don't have a job to go to.

[@Luna-Lux]

This, you have to really just know the area well after driving the same route many times Just as an example, turning left off 98 onto griffin on the green left arrow, if you do the speed limit you will always get stuck at the next light, but going about 60-70mph the whole time you can easily make the next light green and avoid stopping

[@Nutsaq2222]

Or just drive illegal

[@Luna-Lux]

@@Nutsaq2222 kek

[@gaboderflinger7854]

Known a lot of guys who boasted about being “good drivers” until they ended spitting blood. Going fast in short crowded distances is stupid not for you, nobody cares if a speeder dies, the problem is that you can get someone else with your “bloody good driver” attitude.

[@samuelfisherguitar]

It really depends on how far you’re going. If you’re only going 1 mile then yeah the 15 seconds doesn’t make a difference, but if you’re going 20 miles that saves you 5 minutes, and that doesn’t account for the fact that you may have gotten to a light before it turned red which can end up saving up to a few minutes per light.

[@nolanherman7282]

Even 20 miles over though is only 5 minutes. That is not a very significant amount of time in my opinion and definitely not worth the risk of getting pulled over.

[@ruve_9074]

@@nolanherman7282 still depends. that 5 minutes could be the difference between you being late for something important

[@lookherelooklisten7850]

Lol is just 5 min who cares ? What u gonna do in 5 min ? Not much, unless is 30 plus min then yeah but still not worth the fine for 30 min earlier

[@lookherelooklisten7850]

@@ruve_9074that's why you leave the house much earlier so it doesn't matter what happens in the way u won't be late

[@ianlindstrom2019]

On the other hand, lights in some areas are timed specifically so that speeding doesn't gain you anything.

[@JkennGG]

It’s not so much saving time, but being faster than the flow of traffic so I’m never stuck behind the same person. It gives me peace of mind, and I never need to play footsies with the gas pedal because the person in front of me can’t keep their speed. Since the cars around me are never static and always changing, it keeps me more alert too.

[@shotbyram]

This. Plus most people can’t drive and I would rather separate myself if possible lol.

[@JkennGG]

@@shotbyram Exactly lol

[@wlnlax14]

Also, less people hanging in your blind spot since you're typically moving slightly faster.

[@WormAteWords]

@@shotbyram except you can't drive very well yourself because you're speeding.

[@user-tl5bk9uv8x]

@@shotbyramyou for sure can’t drive as good as you think you do I’d bet my savings on it

[@KadenMonsonMTB]

So rather than going 10 over on the 70mph highway, go 10 over on the 10mph school zone? Thanks!

[@therealjuice4725]

actually sir, speeding saves me the right amount of time, every time

[@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992]

Sometimes, its about the 6 extra mpg you get when those extra 5mph gets you into the next gear and drops the rpm by 1000

[@_underscore_9271]

I can't afford gas, and my truck sits right between two gears on most highways I drive, if I nudge it just a little harder, it upshifts , and runs so much cheaper in the long run. (Though if I nudge it hard enough, I can usually shave 20-40 minutes off my daily round trip)

[@eshk7281]

unless you've got a manual transmission lol

[@MrBuschi531]

Bruh just get a manual instead of cheap excuses for endangering others

[@limprooster3253]

​@@MrBuschi531it's even more true with a manual, especially a 5 speed.

[@Firefuzz11]

@@MrBuschi531it depends on gearing. I can’t run 5th gear everywhere I go. It will lug the engine too much. Let’s say the speed limit is 35. At that speed I’m in 4th turning about 2k rpm. If I shift into 5th, im below 1,500 and start to lug on slight inclines. If we are doing 40, then I can grab 5th and stay above that margin and not have to lug much. Just for reference I have a 4.05 final drive and can do about 105 at around 7k rpm in 3rd gear.

[@mirtexNoob]

For reference, I often drive from Folkestone to Leeds in UK, at 112 kmh , it takes 4 hours, at 165 kmh, it takes 2 hours 50 mins Saves a whole 1/4 of the trip. Knowing the distance is 400 km the only issue of speeding is when roads are busy and for example a truck is taking over another truck it slows you down and it’s kind of useless to speed because the cars behind driving at normal speed catch up to you even if you speed a lot

[@woop9822]

holy fuck bud is 165 a common speed in the uk 🤣 here in Ontario if you happen to see someone going that fast you will see them pulled over by a cop a few km down the road lmao

[@tiger_swami]

I was visiting recently and drove over 1000 km all the way from Scotland to the southern coast and I didn't see a single cop waiting on the sides like here in the us. My rental was capped at 165kmh but best believe I was doing that most the way - the only thing is they have speed cameras so you just have to have maps open and slow down for a second when you drive under them🤣

[@evanedwards2501]

Out of interest, what do you do with the 1hr10 you save to justify risking killing someone's loved one?

[@supermaster2012]

@@woop9822 at highway speeds you won't lose your license until 170km/h, and the vast majority of speed traps are illegal because they don't capture 2 clear photos and/or apply a 7% margin of error.

[@Hiderman1610]

​​​@@woop9822i go down the 417 all the time at 160 the od time ill do 180 if you find the right group of people only ever had 1 issues with a cop

[@wakka9876]

Thanks for justifying my speeding, i can save roughly 25 minutes per day on my commute

[@JacksonCantSing]

So ur telling me beating the gps time isn’t me saving time 😂

[@NyctoGaming]

My grandfather's wisdom: I'd rather be 10 minutes late in this life, than 10 minutes early into the next one.

[@nikostalk5730]

in Russia they have the quote with quite same meaning: "Better to be slow and alive, than fast and dead"

[@jahkae]

here’s the strat i used for driving way too fast in high school due to poor time management (i drive much safer now for better gas mileage): i wake up late, to the point 2 or 3 minutes could be the difference between on-time and tardy. estimated time to drive to school is 13 minutes by interstate or 13 minutes by back roads. on the interstate, like you said, speeding can only save a couple of seconds overall. however, instead of going 80 in a 70 on the interstate, i would go 10mph+ over the speed limit on roads that were 25, 30, 35mph zones. i could reliably get to school in 10 minutes, often times 8-9, and my fastest was 7. this was an EXTREMELY POOR CHOICE. not only do i get 6+ more miles per gallon with the same vehicle now as i drove then, i could have seriously gotten myself into trouble, or worse, in a crash. i would not drive this way when other vehicles were near or when i was in a neighborhood, but still, extremely dumb. don’t do this, kids

[@lanhikari7667]

As a fellow poor time management person, i agree😂

[@superfarful]

hell yeah dude

[@voxor314]

this is a great idea thanks :)

[@ViralMemesOnline]

Thanks now I know speeding saves me time since I also have poor time management skills.

[@astrixkz]

this was me when i had a 50 minute commute one way, having an extra minute or two made alllll the difference

[@jevinday]

I guess in your perfect little world with no traffic lights and no obstructions this theory would work great. The problem is that spotlights exist. There is a light on my way to work that if I'm able to make gets me to work 5 minutes faster because if I miss that light then I miss the light that's a couple hundred feet in front of that one. And then I'm likely miss the next light 1/4 mile after that. But if I make the first light I can go 50 the entire way and breeze past it all. Driving is so much more complicated than "if I drive this fast I will go x distance in y amount of time", there are WAY more than 2 variables.

[@leaffinite2001]

I think its also worth pointing out that while speeding saves you very little time, a 5 mph increase in speed way increases the amount of force that will be applied to you in a crasg

[@pbjbagel]

But F=mass x acceleration, half of which will be decided by your car and half by the other. An increase in speed does decrease everyone's collective reaction time though.

[@nopenoper1980]

@@pbjbagel The formula you wanted is for kinetic energy, not force, which is 1/2mv^2. The point of the original poster is that since energy scales with speed squared, while time decreases like 1/v. Taking a reciprocal so we can actually compare them, we see that the growth of the energy is in some sense stronger than the decay of the time. Of course, what I think most people care about are the chances for police action, property damage, injury to self or others, and death of self or others which, while probably all functions of speed, are not easily ascertained, nor weighed against timely conveyance.

[@dakotawiebe2622]

​@@nopenoper1980I'm very much so impressed by your recollection of formulas!

[@pbjbagel]

@@nopenoper1980 Ah yes, of course! I was probably being pedantic when I could've easily considered a more colloquial usage. I'll just point out that, ironically, many drivers will defend their speeding by saying they don't want to get run over by other drivers. While plausibly fair, this creates a rather escalating paradox!

[@hughmungusbungusfungus4618]

Speeding does save you time, but it follows the law of diminishing returns like everything else. The risk of getting pulled over for going 5mph over the limit is negligible, but that extra 3s/min is a 5% reduction in time. So, a 3hr journey at 70mph takes 10min less at 75mph. That’s a free 10min you’re leaving on the table. However, as your speed increases, the chance of getting pulled over rises exponentially, reducing the marginal utility of further speeding until it’s negative. Which is why almost no one does it, unless allowed to by law. Which is why first responders do it.

[@yungdomino4718]

I dont know about "no one does it" where I live, depending on the time of day 15 over is an expectation and if I go 2 hours south, 25 over becomes the expectation.

[@3MatthewWright3]

That makes allot of sense now, I mash a 2 hour drive into 1:30 by doing 100mph I’m basically losing time

[@BeefWellington1]

Yeah tell me that when I drive two and a half hours to my ranch and make it in 2 going over 100. Definitely saved me time in the long run. Those 30 minutes are always well spent scrolling KZbin when I arrive.

[@shahbazshaikh2884]

Another factor to consider is red lights. If I am a few seconds late, I might arrive at a light mere seconds after it turns red. Which means I have to spend all the time waiting there. if i had been just a couple of seconds faster, I might have reached before the light turns green. Here in India, some red lights have a waiting time of 90-180 sec. Most are 60 sec but even waiting at that 60 sec red light will make me miss the green lights ahead. So a delay of just a few sec could actually make a difference of several minutes in a mere 20min journey.

[@nikostalk5730]

well, if we do some calculations, MOST OF THE TIME - red lights balance green lights. We don't count greed corridor or red-light doom.

[@justinraef2761]

I have memorized some of the light cycles near my house and when you pull up on a fresh red at the intersection near my house it calls for a 3-4 minute wait. Hiring your chances of not getting stuck at a light is pretty helpful.

[@natskar]

Exactly this. I have a light next to where I live on my way to work that I gun it for sometimes because if I get stuck on it red it can literally make or break me being on time or late to work, worth mentioning too that every time I wait for that red the next couple light almost always are red too..adding an insane 6-10 minutes in my commute to work

[@silverletter4551]

Did you really say "hiring"? I had to read that deranged nonsense several times before I could even remotely grasp it. Please, please, learn English

[@UwU-se5vh]

It also depends on how far the destination is, the farther it is the more you get out of speeding which in turn makes it more beneficial.

[@HansaGBB]

So we're not speeding enough. Thank you!

[@52flyingbicycles]

It really depends on traffic lights. A good traffic system will make lights turn green just as you approach the light if you were going the speed limit. But if you were speeding, you’d have to slow to a stop for a couple seconds then accelerate back to speed, making you and everyone else slower. This happened all the time on my way to high school growing up. There was a long stretch with no intersections where people would go 45 instead of 40. Then there was a light right before the school that would stop them. I, going 40, would arrive just as the light changed, meaning I could have gone straight through without slowing down if all the speeders weren’t stopped at the light! Then there are poorly timed lights which turn red right after you get there. Those encourage speeding to skip the cycle. There is one of those by my current house, where you’ll barely miss the left arrow unless you go 45 from the previous intersection.

[@6Ginge]

In my country it’s a little more advanced, they use sensors under the asphalt to detect vehicles. The light will stay green in one direction unless a vehicle triggers it on the red side. There are still timers but it’s all logic controlled by computer looking at various sensors and time of day etc. .

[@52flyingbicycles]

@@6Ginge many urban areas have sensors, but they are only really a factor at night when there are very few cars. For example, I think an intersection nearby uses sensors because I was riding home on my bike at night and sat at the intersection for a few minutes waiting for it to turn green. Eventually just went when it was clear. I don’t think I was heavy enough to trigger the sensor

[@6Ginge]

Yes, agee with that. There are techniques to trigger lights on bikes and motorcycles. I’ve heard of cyclists glueing magnets to their shoes or pedals. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3rVaouGg8-NhaMsi=1wbMB4uqDjDHMNcm

[@NJOverclocked]

Every light in New York will be red when you approach it regardless of your speed

[@Kostadin96]

@@6Gingethis sound so cool. Which country and city is this

[@TheDeadMeme27]

It seems insignificant when you're talking about a one minute long drive but when you have to drive for longer periods of time, it adds up

[@nikostalk5730]

Why no one talks about safety and car-crash possibility? Why do you always mean only a time? Why nothing about fuel and tickets?

[@Soundsaboutright42]

True. It's why lap times in professional driving start from milliseconds to many seconds. It's over time. If there are stoplights, just in general don't speed. It doesn't actually matter compounding traffic and stoplights with speeding. It's a complete wash.

[@slydoorkeeper4783]

I mean true, but you also have to consider average commute. Not cross country road trips. If you commute would be 15 minutes at posted speed, going 5ish over would only turn it into a maybe 12-13 minute trip.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

All of the above is correct, I've noticed when I speed within the city or my short commute, I rarely save more than a few minutes while having in general less reaction time and used more fuel. It's also true when you go faster than traffic while there is a red light down the road, almost always end up catching up to you in the end

[@Frostweaver42]

"Whether you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning"

[@jakewhitfield6775]

Reported for speedphobia.

[@HaadFaisal]

It also depends on the miles you need to travel, your calculation was for 1 mile only but lets say you wanted to travel 100 miles, if the difference between 60 and 80 is 15, multiply that by 100 and its 1500 seconds, which is about 25-27 mins, which could be significant for some people.

[@fulconandroadcone9488]

And by how much you increase kinetic energy by going 20mph? Same for distance between cars. It can very much make the difference between life and death, if it really worth saving an hour every once in a while?

[@STONEAJE]

100 miles is far outside most people's commute. Yes, I unstated road trips, but most speed to work for that 35 second bump

[@ShadowRS5]

@@fulconandroadcone9488yes

[@X8cY3rP9sF2aZ6qB]

The issue is too many people are trash at driving to be speeding. I notice that the people who are the most erratic are often the ones who are the least skilled in driving. It’s easy to tell when someone is speeding and isn’t very good compared to those who speed intelligently. Most people are the former.

[@vongdong10]

Depends how far you are travelling. The longer the distance the more time you save. I have a commute that is sometimes 75km which takes about 50mins. I only go a little over the limit and that saves me like 3mins.

[@ctonyoutube6206]

This video intrigued me because I was pretty sure that time was proportional to the speed for the same distance. So I did the math (as I'm european I'll use normal units): The time (in sec) it takes you to go through a km (1000 meters or about 0.62 mile) at a v speed can be expressed like this: 1000/(v/3.6). And indeed it is not linear. Now, I'll check if speeding is worth it: At 110 kmph (68.3 mph), it takes you 32 sec for a km. At 130 kmph (80 mph), it takes you 27 sec for a km. So there's about 5 sec difference per km. - On a Paris - Lyon (474 km or 294 mi), you earn 474*5 sec = 39.5 min (which is not bad). - For a 100 km ride (62 mi), you however earn 100*5 sec = 8.3 min. So I guess it really depends on how long is your journey

[@Concrete1998]

I did this math a couple of years ago for getting to my work! I work ~20Km away from my house. Taking the hwy is about as fast as taking the normal roads. The hwy wiggles between the two southbound roads that I could take to work, instead of the hwy. Road A is posted 80km/h (usually taken @ 100km/h) but adds about 2k of additional road to travel. The hwy is posted 110km/h (usually taken @ 120-130km/hr) but is signed @ 20km alone to the town I travel to, + the out-of-the-way onramp and offramp add ~ 1.5K to that 20. The easiest way to go, Road B, (a straight line outside of my subdivision to my work) is posted 70km/h for 50%, 50km/h for 48%, and 80km/h for 2% Road A has only 1-2 lights along its path, so its mostly uninterrupted, and traffic is light, often speeding. Hwy is obviously uninterrupted, but medium-heavy traffic limits speeding. Road B has 8 lights along its path, I am guaranteed to be stopped at 3 them for a few minutes total in a trip, often stopping at 5/8 lights due to heavier traffic. I did some math based off distances and ~speed, Any route practically gets me there in ~23minutes, worst case. Fastest ~19minutes (nearly no traffic, faster speeding in higher speed zones) All in all, the difference between any of these routes is negligible at best, ~20s-1m based off traffic/lights (uncontrollable factors). Do I still speed, for all legal reasons, no. LOL. Is the time difference worth it, one-way, there and back, day-to-day? Not really. Does the time difference add up over the 4 years of travel, 5 days a week, year round (aside from vacation/no production days) very much so! Would I like to spend my time doing something else more worthwhile than driving that far every day? Absolutely! It's good to know how little the speeding can help. Especially on those days you might not make it to work on time! I'd rather make it late, than not make it at all.

[@babybirdhome]

Next comes the inevitable and important question of why companies force people to come work in the office for jobs where they’re perfectly suited to and capable of doing at home. THAT is the crime against humanity.

[@supermaster2012]

Those numbers change a bit if you start driving 160-180 in the highway.

[@SariusxX]

I'd rather not make it at all 😂

[@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259]

yeah cause you not driving 150 in a 100 for an hour

[@nogerboher5266]

Yeah it all depends on where you live and where you're going... For some people (like yourself) speeding makes no sense, while for others (myself) speeding helps me shave off almost 25min to half an hour off on the way to work and on the way home from work. That's almost an hour saved on travel off each and every day. Also, this summer, we stayed at one of the towns in the coastal region of the country and to get there it was (or it was supposed to be) an 11 hour drive... Me, my brother and our wives got there in 6 hours mixing highways and expressways (going 20-40 km/h over on expressways and going 180-240 km/h on highways) and our parents got there in 9 hours, probably going 150-160 km/h knowing how my dad drives. Meaning that even they, who were barely speeding over (going 150 in a 130) got there 2 hours before the estimated arrival time...

[@beanlegion8529]

Very interesting video, and it does make sense not to speed if where you're going is nearby. However on a 6 hour trip, those few seconds will add up pretty fast, especially when you consider there will be stretches of the trip where the speed limit is much lower, and your gains will be much higher

[@JaredGoofball]

Watched this at 2 times speed. Saves 70 seconds.

[@mutatedjurassicrexnumber3165]

Look at us all, randomly commenting on a video made 10 years ago

[@johnowenmaine5499]

the difference between 70 and 120 is pretty significant

[@AllAmericanAutomotive]

It really more depends on how much you drive, plus how much you're willing to speed. If you are in an area with 55mph speed limits but roads that consistently handle traffic going 75-80, you can really make up some serious time. There are a TON of interstates that fall in this category. Even 65 in an 85 cumulatively over a year will literally save you many many hours of hour life. You have to look at it cumulativley not just per trip.

[@Dhalin]

And all of those hours would be lost instantly in one car crash because you lost control of your car. Going 35, 45, or 55... you've pretty good chances of survival even head-on. 85? Forget it. You're meeting the Reaper like as not.

[@AllAmericanAutomotive]

@Dhalin Oh no doubt there is added risk. That's a whole separate and valid discussion to be had for sure.

[@LoyalSol]

The thing you run into a lot of the time is in city driving due to both traffic slow downs and traffic lights, it turns out speeding does practically nothing. Largely because the time spent stopped tends to be significantly bigger than any time saved by orders of magnitude. As a result, path selection and timing your drive to avoid slow downs matters way more.

[@psylentsage]

Thank you. I was about to comment something similar. Just ask anyone who drives long distances for a living not 15 minutes to the grocery store once a week.

[@MooMoo22]

@@Dhalin No ones getting into a head on collision on a freeway unless they're drunk, freeway speed limits are set way too low.

[@Joemammy69420]

Saved 2 hours going across Kansas by going 85 the whole way

[@gorehammer1]

I figured this out a while ago. Averaging 85 on a road trip and saving 30-45 minutes on the whole thing. The reason I speed is to not be rude spending more time in the left lane because busy highways fluctuate so much. Going 75-85 may not save you much time in theory but when the other lanes are dropping down to 45 constantly it actually helps. Another thing is that if you’re trying to save time speeding you can’t do it in bursts. You have to maintain speed.

[@Psychology_Exposed]

Ah, hello cognitive dissonance

[@Linus-tz2tk]

So you drive 85 when there is a 45 speed limit but you never go over 85? Why dont you stick to the 45 speed limit (or 5 above) but dont limit yourselfe to 85 but instead use the whole speedometer with 155mph when possible?

[@gorehammer1]

@@Linus-tz2tk averaging 85 on roads that are 65-75 speed limits

[@Linus-tz2tk]

@@gorehammer1 Thats illigal, do you know that? The speed limit there is probably for a reason. I never drive more than 6mph over the speed limit but when i am allowed to drive faster than 85mph i defenitely drive faster (normaly 120-150mph)

[@gorehammer1]

@@Linus-tz2tk cool bro, where I live 85 is the flow of traffic in the passing lane and you will get mowed down for going less someone like you who will only do 6 over(an arbitrary number, just like speed limits) would cause an accident every time you got in the left lane.

[@jayteaman]

I'm 34 and have been driving for half my life now. Only recently have I sorta discovered on my own "hey, how about I just let all these yahoos go around ME instead of vice versa?" What a feeling of power.

[@nikostalk5730]

You're thinking right! Better to be safe than sorry.

[@Leo9ine]

As long as you stay out of the left lane, more power to ya! But seriously. Stay the fuck out of the left lane please.

[@gDiniM]

​@Leo9ine im with this guy ^^^ People that say shit like "safe and sorry" are the people that drive 5 under in the left lane and refuse to understand why everyone is passing them or tail gates them.

[@jamescooke3909]

​@@gDiniMyes people need to learn basic traffic law. However it sounds like you suffer from a thing called impatience

[@gDiniM]

@jamescooke3909 No, I just understand the incompetence of most speed limits. American roads are among the most dangerous in the world because we make our traffic laws around making an income, not about safety. The infrastructure needs a massive overhaul, and things like texting and drunk driving need to be the focus, not speeding. And before you make some wild statement, of course 140 in a school zone is insane, but putting a sign that says "15 mph speed limit" isnt making the guy willing to go 140 to begin with slow down to 15. The actual surroundings and roads need to keep drivers uncomfortable enough to keep it slower and more alert. When it comes to highways, speed limits are just plain asinine.

[@carlthecaveman]

Speeding saves me exactly as much time as I think.

[@alexmoscatelli149]

It's happened to me multiple times to be overtaken on the highway by dudes going 180km/h just to find them 10/15 minutes later stopped to pay at the toll, since we have them here in Italy. Of course, the longer the drive the more the difference of speed and time is noticeable.

[@MastaDivinity]

I would love to see an analysis of lower speeds. Seems to be a bigger difference between 15, 20, and 25 mph while cycling.

[@RADZIO895]

Just calculate it yourself, it's basic math

[@SortaSora]

@@RADZIO895 lol I don't think they're saying they want the youtube to tell them how much time you're saving going 25 instead of 15, I think they're saying the video is missing out on that talking point by focusing on the rather incremental increases from 65 to 75 or so. The video's main point is saying speeding doesn't change your speed all that much, but from 15 to 30 you're halving the commute. Not that anyone should be going 30 in a 15, that's probably a school zone... it's just that the main point of the video cherry picks the data to suit its argument.

[@thomasc2394]

The real story here is this guy is only 15 mins away from everything in his life, what a lucky bastard

[@cheeseborgerdeluxe]

I always find it hilarious when someone is speeding like crazy as if they’re life depends on it. Only for me to reach them at the same red light a minute later

[@Je_QzcY3mN0]

You forgot to factor in traffic lights. If i make it to the next light before it switched to red - i saved myself a minute right there.

[@iwatchtoomuchyt9281]

"I learned math, but really didn't pay attention to ANY other factor what so ever. This is what I came up with" Lol