->"The pod race in the film suffers from a common trope, in
which characters needing to go somewhere really fast head off in
their vehicle. At some point they realise they're not going to
make it in time, so they open the throttle all the way and go
even faster. The question of course being why weren't they going
as fast as they possibly could already?" -->--
''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' Episode 105, ''Burning Bridges''  A
character needs to drive somewhere quickly. Maybe they're in a
car race, or maybe they're just racing against time. At one
point, they realize they're not going to make it in time. So
they... go faster. [[FridgeLogic Huh?]] Why didn't they just
drive that fast to begin with?  Odd as it may seem, this
unexplained increase in speed can have some basis in reality. It
can be simplified as a cost vs. benefit decision. If somebody
has 'nothing to lose' and ''must'' be somewhere at a certain
time then they have to speed up - BUT - if they push their
machine too hard it will fail before they get th