• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It’s not about making sure I’m close. It’s about not increasing the traffic issues.

    If you’re working so hard to keep multiple car-lengths of distance in congested traffic, you’re required to travel slower than traffic. The lane you’re in travels more slowly for anyone behind you.

    Yeah, people in the next lane over can pull in front of you and relieve traffic in that lane, but that just results in more lane switching in front of and behind you, leading to more fender benders.