It is safer to go with the flow of traffic.
go with the flow of traffic
idiomTo drive a vehicle at approximately the speed of other vehicles on the road, irrespective of the speed limit.
Origin
disputed originHere, flow is used in the sense of "direction of movement."
The highway speed limit is low, but most drivers go with the flow of traffic to avoid accidents.
Although the posted limit was strictly enforced, the experienced driver chose to go with the flow of traffic to maintain a consistent speed among the other vehicles.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.