Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> Greg Folkert wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 16:33 -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote:
>>
>>> Greg Folkert wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:16 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/01/07 19:25, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Steve Lamb wrote:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mitja Podreka wrote:
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who's rich enough to afford to waste gas driving faster than 60 MPH,
>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>> less more on a regular basis? Fuel economy on most vehicles takes a
>>>>>>> massive nosedive after 60MPH due to wind drag.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a time-money problem. People would rather spend the extra
>>>>>> money to get there faster.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saving only 5 or 10 minutes on a 90 mile trip? Irrelevant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> True, but it still doesn't work out rationally: Unless you make a lot
>>>>> of money or gas is unbelievably cheap, that few minutes saved will
>>>>> cost you more wage-hours than it's worth...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Unless you lose you job being late and you don't want to leave any
>>>> earlier. Its a choice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> First, my mileage doesn't go down until I consistently cross the 80 mph
>>> barrier. Second, on my 125 mile commute to work, one way, the time
>>> saved at 10-15 mph faster than 60 is considerable. It's the difference
>>> between spending 12+ hours a day away from the house, to spending
>>> between 11 and 11 1/2 hours away from the house. Over the course of a
>>> work week that's a lot of time saved.
>>>
>>> Also, I have a buddy that lives in southern Oregon and it's a 560 mile
>>> drive to his house. It takes him more than 12 hours to make the drive.
>>> I make the drive in around 9 hours. That's a huge difference in how
>>> tired a person is by the time they finish the trip. Is the 1 or 2 mpg
>>> I lose by driving faster than he does worth it? You bet. I am still
>>> getting 35 mpg so how much can I be losing? I get about exactly the
>>> same mileage if I drive at 60 - 65 only I'm far less tired after driving
>>> for 9 hours than I am driving for 12 hours which means I am far more
>>> alert and thus a much safer driver.
>>>
>>
>> Piece of info for you, very rarely does my highway speed go under 85.
>>
>> I've been stopped by Police in my 1969 442, more than once. Asking me to
>> get out of the car and search the trunk, the engine compartment and
>> glove compartment... and so on. Only to be given a warning for drive 100
>> +MPH.
>>
>> Last time, the one officer had a digital camera and asked if he could
>> take pictures.
>>
>> I've also been pulled over with my Lancer for going 75MPH in a 70MPH
>> zone, and given a ticket.
>>
>> But, yes, I also drive faster than posted.
I think most people do. At least in Oregon, you have that option most of
the time even if the cops are out. Just depends on whether there's a
posted speed limit or if it's a speed zone (semantical difference: Limit
is the maximum, zones are suggested maximums. Speed limits are uncommon in
Oregon).
> LOL. Yeah, I've gotten off what would have been some very expensive
> tickets too.
Not to mention jailtime if he does it in the wrong place. Oregon doesn't
mess around with 100+ MPH speeders.
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