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maxerickson on Oct 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: A Simple Highway Simulator

Lots of cars do 15 km/h/s (that's a 0-60 mph time of ~6 seconds).

A basic Honda Civic will be around 9 or 10 seconds, which is roughly 10 km/h/s.

5 km/h/s would feel pretty sluggish.

anentropic on Oct 25, 2016 [–]

how many people routinely accelerate at the full rate their car is capable of, every time they accelerate on the public roads?

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