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: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Steve Lamb wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mitja Podreka wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> [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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
