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Lois…
yah! Office space, what a great movie.
Ah so true…I think it’s because everyone decides to go intot he empty lane at teh same time… instantly making it the most crowded lane, and leaving the lanes they left, now open….
It’s annoying as hell too.
Wow! Awesome graph. It’s funny and written by somebody with a grasp of the English language.
Except the title. Traffic speeds aren’t relative.
If everyone just stayed in the lane they are in the traffic would move alot faster…
@Syllable Nazi: English language perhaps, but not common sense. There is no ‘Relative to’ relationship in this graph.
@nfitzgerald: If everyone maintained following distance, traffic would move a lot faster. This has actually been shown.
Traffic studies show that the far right lane will be the fastest, on average. Just not when YOU get into the lane. You just mess up the average.
yeah, definitely office space
haha
Wait, so the lane he’s in is traveling 30+ mile per hour faster than he is? Should this guy even be driving? That’s unsafe!
This is an essential truth of Reality, therefore a graph about this concept is unnecesary.
I appreciate what the OP is trying to say and am duly amused by it, but I really think (s)he ought to learn what the word ‘relative’ means, and shudder when I imagine what the education system though which he passed must have been like: did they not teach the general theory of relativity? If they did, how could one understand it and not understand what ‘relative’ means? All manner of questions are raised.
This isn’t relative to the OP’s speed, it’s total MPH. Anyone can make typos or simple mistakes, but really how little understanding must you need to make a mistake like this?
According to the graph, you are the cause of your own problems…
This also works for checkout lanes, generally in direct proportion to how much of a hurry I’m in.
Not about relevency in life but:
GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs.
Pop Culture reference!
This chart made me lol.
Why does the OP want to get into the second-slowest lane?
This ‘graph’ is why I drive on the sidewalk. That and the hopes that a few of you will be pedestrians.
Duh. Next time you’re in a traffic jam for a while, pick a lane and stick to it. Watch the cars in the lanes on either side of you for a while. You will keep seeing the same cars over and over again. All the lanes average about the same speed. The fast lane is a little slower, and depending on the local traffic either the right lane or the one next to it will be a little faster, but mostly you’re going the same speed.
There are three things you can do if you’re stuck in a traffic jam.
1) Get off at the next exit and take back roads.
2) Turn up the music, sit back and relax. Just follow the car in front of you.
3) Stress and scream and swear and cut people off and end up going slower for all your effort.
It always amazes me how often people choose option 3.
Tell the truth, submitter; this was just an excuse to put the Shocker on GraphJam, right?
If the lane was over 75mph why did you leave it?
becuz it turned to over 75 mph just as he/she leaves it ;P
thats the point, u always drive in the slowest lane no matter how often u change ;P
I once caught up to a cop car, that was weird.
It seems like all lanes are going faster, because you notice cars that pass you since you are constantly looking at them, but you don’t notice the cars that you pass since they are out of sight. The key is to spend more time looking in your rear-view mirror. Just make sure you look forward often enough to avoid a crash.
trufax
I’m pretty sure the term “relative” in the title is intended to qualify the relationship between the lanes, not the speeds. As such, it would be much closer to a proper usage, as the person is describing the lanes based on his position. However, closer to a proper usage and actually being a proper usage are two entirely separate things.