• python@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Average walking speed is 4km/h. So in four hours, you’d go 16km. If it takes you an hour to go 16km by car, then you’d literally be faster on a bike, because you can go past traffic without stopping

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      2 days ago

      60mph, takes an hour, 60 miles distance.

      that’s around 97km.

      I guess my math was wrong, at 4km/h it would take me 24 hours, not 4.

      👍 thanks!

      edit: why the downvotes? the math checks out.

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        18 hours ago

        Go and look up what the actual average commute speeds are in any city you care to mention. No-one’s travelling at 60mph the entire distance.

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          16 hours ago

          you’re right, speeds and distance are variable dependent on multiple external sources. Traffic, weather, time of day, windspeed, direction of travel, temperature.

          should I also account for those or is it ok to just use average values?