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2 February 2016

The natural laws governing average drivers

These laws are not theoretical. They are derived from observations I made while driving through a snowstorm yesterday.

  1. The average driver’s speed is inversely proportional to the road’s coefficient of friction.

  2. The average driver’s speed is inversely proportional to the visibility.

  3. Average drivers believe that reducing risk requires increasing speed to spend less time in the danger zone.