My work commute is about 75km each way. Not a problem since I enjoy the time in the car.
But sometimes you see things that make you wonder about the other drivers on the road.
I should mention that a 40km section of the road I drive is not twinned, and has been the scene of many accidents and fatalities over the years. There have also been renewed calls to have the highway twinned.
Now, I really don't believe that the road itself is to blame, but we all need to accept responsibility for the way we drive on public roads. Having seen some truly boneheaded drivers, I'm occasionally surprised there haven't been more accidents.
Yesterday I watched someone in an SUV, with family members in the car, pass on a double line (no passing allowed). Dangerous and illegal. But, they must have felt that they needed to go faster, and get where they were going quicker. I wonder what they were thinking that made them feel it was alright to do something dangerous on the road.
I have made many timed runs on the road going on regular routes, and I have proven to myself that the time difference between driving faster than the posted limit (or passing unsafely), and following the rules of the road, is usually less than the time I would waste in a drive through getting a coffee.
I would suggest that if you are trying to save/make time on a road trip, the biggest gains might come from either eliminating stops on your route, or by driving in a drive through as aggressively as on the highway. It would certainly be more entertaining.
Now that I think of it, I am surprised there aren't more accidents in the drive through lines.
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