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Speeding Barely Saves You Any Time, New Study Finds

Researchers found speeding saves little time while wasting fuel, increasing emissions, and making roads more dangerous.

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There are lots of reasons people speed while driving. Saving time, according to a new study, is not actually one of them—at least not in any meaningful sense.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota analyzed more than 120 million vehicle trips across the U.S. to measure what speeding actually costs—in fuel, emissions, money, and time. The findings, published in Communications Sustainability, aren’t flattering for anyone who feels like the speed limit doesn’t apply to them. Drivers who complied with posted speed limits on highways and arterial roads increased their travel time by an average of 54 seconds per day, based on a mean daily driving distance of 28.6 miles. That works out to just over six........

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