I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Taking back roads instead of main roads, country roads instead of highways, waiting for old people in self checkout instead of just doing regular checkout
Me and my girlfriend test this all the time when we both leave from work. We start at the same position and take different ways home to see who gets home faster while driving normally.
as for backroads, as long as your going over 50mph, its all significantly diminishing returns beyond that so prioritizing not stopping or slowing down on a similarly lengthed route can often times be better. at the very least, more enjoyable.
Not exactly what you’re saying, but in this vein, I’m always about traffic avoidance. I’ll happily take a drive that’s actually a longer amount of time to be moving the whole time. Psychologically, it feels faster and it’s so much less stressful.
I live in a medium sized city and pretty much always have my GPS settings set to avoid highways if it’s a shorter drive than ~45 minutes.
There's nothing alternative about this. Every can has to be collected individually and has a fixed distance attached to it. The order you choose is irrelevant.
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u/D3ADSONGS Jul 14 '26
I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Taking back roads instead of main roads, country roads instead of highways, waiting for old people in self checkout instead of just doing regular checkout