people aren’t rational or thoughtful about it. they are emotional.

it feels good to feel fast, it feels bad to feel slow. regardless of the real time involved.

hence why it’s more fun to drive a shitty car fast, than a fast car the same speed, because the shitty car feels way faster because cars designed for real speed feel slow at high speeds.

my dad was a genuinely awful driver. it was all about his feelings, never about actually getting anywhere safer or faster.

that said, sometimes you can save several minutes driving faster, but it’s more about timing the light cycle than speed.

anytime i see a baby on board sticker i keep my distance because they are almost always terrible and dangerous drivers.