It doesn't matter how old the trees can ultimately live, just how long it takes for one of its offspring trees to grow enough to then itself make more offspring. And in some species of trees, that can be as little as 3 years
Another benefit to driving the speed limit is that, on average, you are less likely to encounter a driver going slower than you in your lane, vs if you were driving faster. So you end up not changing lanes as often
I feel like people don't give 3 enough credit for really going there with the tragic ending, fully committing to having everything go to shit to set up the original trilogy
Shrug, blame OP who themselves doesn't know how this post fits this meme