Think speeding will get you there faster? Really???

The Minnesota Safety Council, in an experiment, had two drivers travel over the same 1,000-mile route in similar vehicles. The fast driver passed 2,000 cars, braked 1,339 times, and covered the distance in 20 hours, 12 minutes. The slow driver flowed with traffic, passed only 13 cars, and braked 652 times. It took him 20 hours, 43 minutes, just 31 minutes longer than the fast driver. The faster car used 10 gallons more gas, and the driver's pulse rate rose because of the tension and the risks he had taken. Is traveling faster really worth it?