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On 09/02/07, Rick Hurst <rick.hurst at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not in my practical experience. The idea that your journey time will
> decrease if you drive at 80 rather than 70 only holds if the roads are
> virtually or completely empty. Driving at 80 usually just means that
> you have to brake more, which further decreases your efficiency.

How many times has a flash git in a BMW/Merc/[insert
unnecessarily-high-powered car here] zoomed past you (especially on
single-carriageway roads), only for you to roll up behind them at the
next set of lights/motorway turn-off...?

Anecdotally (for I haven't been keeping stats), it happens to me a fair bit.

Tim