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by tra3 879 days ago
I’ve learned “slow is smooth and smooth is fast” from shooting sports, but I find it applies equally well to most (all?) areas of life.

When I started driving, I used to speed to the next stop light, change lanes frequently. I stopped doing this when I got older, partially because I see people that zip around at the same stop lights anyway.

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This is why I always try to pass people who brake for no reason. Some people are constantly on their break - it's just how they drive. It's nice to not have all those brake light signals to constantly react to.
It is also a phrase used in motor racing, hah.
It makes such a huge difference when you can smoothly move through the corners, smooth keeps your tires in traction and so you actually HAVE grip to push with, if needed. Plus the flow you can get into when hotlapping is so meditative for me lol