Comments on: Traffic Speeds in Lanes Relative to Mine

By: sjerrie

sjerrie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:01:02 +0000

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

By: FreeFall

FreeFall — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:32:51 +0000

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.

By: ichigo

ichigo — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:34:59 +0000

trufax

By: parksj1 = Parks & Recreation

parksj1 = Parks & Recreation — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:55:14 +0000

Except the title. Traffic speeds aren’t relative.

By: catgirl

catgirl — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:14:39 +0000

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.

By: penguin_man

penguin_man — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:34:59 +0000

I once caught up to a cop car, that was weird.

By: penguin_man

penguin_man — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:32:37 +0000

If the lane was over 75mph why did you leave it?

By: AeC

AeC — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:48:25 +0000

Tell the truth, submitter; this was just an excuse to put the Shocker on GraphJam, right?

By: Zephr

Zephr — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:56:48 +0000

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.

By: cranktrain

cranktrain — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:54:01 +0000

This ‘graph’ is why I drive on the sidewalk. That and the hopes that a few of you will be pedestrians.

By: vervain

vervain — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:37:02 +0000

Why does the OP want to get into the second-slowest lane?

By: cj

cj — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:53:34 +0000

Not about relevency in life but:

GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs.
Pop Culture reference!

This chart made me lol.

By: Robbenmel

Robbenmel — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:28:48 +0000

This also works for checkout lanes, generally in direct proportion to how much of a hurry I’m in.

By: SchizoDuckie

SchizoDuckie — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:53:22 +0000

According to the graph, you are the cause of your own problems…

By: jessemoya

jessemoya — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:05:44 +0000

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?

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:06:30 +0000

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.

By: V Gard

V Gard — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:33 +0000

This is an essential truth of Reality, therefore a graph about this concept is unnecesary.

By: NoOneInteresting

NoOneInteresting — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:37:38 +0000

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!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:25 +0000

yeah, definitely office space haha

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:52:44 +0000

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.

By: EgoWumpus

EgoWumpus — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:12:36 +0000

@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.

By: nfitzgerald

nfitzgerald — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:24:05 +0000

If everyone just stayed in the lane they are in the traffic would move alot faster…

By: Syllable Nazi

Syllable Nazi — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:45:06 +0000

Wow! Awesome graph. It’s funny and written by somebody with a grasp of the English language.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:13:46 +0000

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.

By: cj

cj — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:03:56 +0000

yah! Office space, what a great movie.

By: This is pathetic

This is pathetic — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:03:37 +0000

Lois…