Forum: Hypermiling
09-15-2008, 08:07 AM
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Yeah, that was me who mentioned that. But, in...
Yeah, that was me who mentioned that. But, in case it wasn't clear in my prior post, I first follow at a safe distance while flashing my headlights (i.e. a long-standing and almost universally...
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Forum: Hypermiling
09-15-2008, 07:30 AM
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Just do what I do: lay on the horn when they begin to move over and stay on the horn as long as they stay in front of you.:mad: Of...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 09:38 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 09:20 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:55 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:51 PM
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So, if I put a hand-made a huge posterboard or...
So, if I put a hand-made a huge posterboard or cardboard sign in my rear window (assuming it were legal) stating "Going slower to save fuel", then the trucker is hereby notified and has "no right to...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:36 PM
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I don't see this as a no-no at all. It's as...
I don't see this as a no-no at all. It's as simple as this: "slower traffic keep right" OR "keep right except to pass" (both are quite common road signs on interstates and highways in the eastern...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:27 PM
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Me, too.:mad: It's almost like they somehow...
Me, too.:mad: It's almost like they somehow imagine that the solid white line delineating the rightmost lane of travel and the emergency lane is never to be crossed.
To any of these uninformed...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 08:03 PM
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Now this is a very different scenario than the...
Now this is a very different scenario than the one suggested earlier. This scenario involves a paved surface (i.e. often called an emergency lane). The earlier scenario involved an unpaved shoulder...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 07:59 PM
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I still disagree that it enhances anyone's...
I still disagree that it enhances anyone's safety; thus, I'll never do it.:)
Really? How do you know this?:)
Besides, even if you have some kind of insight into the global assumptions that...
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Forum: Hypermiling
06-23-2008, 07:51 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-07-2008, 12:15 AM
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I still don't understand this. There are more...
I still don't understand this. There are more than a few other vehicles on most any highway that don't regularly travel at least 65mph (e.g. RVs, some light trucks/vans pulling U-Haul or other cargo...
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-07-2008, 12:05 AM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-07-2008, 12:00 AM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:57 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:52 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:50 PM
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That may be true. But they don't happen "every...
That may be true. But they don't happen "every day" either.
There's something called return on investment. I utilize this approach. For example, assume that we lived in a world where putting on...
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:44 PM
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Maybe.:)
I usually stay back about 2-3 car...
Maybe.:)
I usually stay back about 2-3 car lengths (more or less, depending on speed) or just far enough that nobody else can enter between us (if it's on a more congested section of highway)....
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:33 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:27 PM
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Yeah, I did.
I see.
I'm always in...
Yeah, I did.
I see.
I'm always in favor of that and practice it daily.
The speed limit is the maximum allowable speed for that stretch of road under ideal conditions (or so the lawmakers...
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:15 PM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:15 AM
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Most people can't even do that.:(
It's so...
Most people can't even do that.:(
It's so rare that I've never even heard of it happening? Have you? Even if there is factual evidence to prove that a right-to-left lane change would have...
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 11:05 AM
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Forum: Hypermiling
05-06-2008, 10:58 AM
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Because it's not...
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Because it's not enforced here.:(
I've never been to Europe, but I've heard all about the driving experience over there. It works extremely well there, but that's...
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