Driving 55

[gene4655]

Originally Posted by rfred

Can you say the word, "Addiction?" There, I knew you could.

I read today that a certain oil company is making $1,500 a second!

And it's one, two, three what are we fighting for? O I L

Let's remember who is in the White House and which segment of the population is profiting from the high price of oil.

I find it incredible that we're even having this debate. Let's drive 55 to save lives and fuel.

And maybe for once we can return to the days when this country acted as a positive example for the rest of the world instead of acting like a goddamn herd of sheep.

Oh Lord, can't you join in a discussion of speed limits without bringing up your dislike of the White House incumbent? Chances are, if this comes up in Congress next year, there'll be someone to your liking in the WH, and then who will you blame?

[SureValla]

Originally Posted by mingoglia

I think we can safely say that the slower you go, the better your fuel economy. Obviously, if you're driving 55 you're going to get better fuel economy than if you're driving 70.

I have proof, I drive 40 miles to work on the meritt parkway.

I used to go 65 and get 47 mpg now i drive 60 and get 51 mpg (note lower milage due to touring edition)

As for getting run over I used to think that too until I tried it. I have yet to be run over.

[darelldd]

Yup. Same here. I used to say that you MUST go 75 mph around here or you are a menace. Surprisingly, that was just self-serving. Doing 55 on those same roads for the past ten years has shown me just how silly this whole discussion is.

Yeah, speed differential is bad. Speed is worse. Make everybody safer and slow the whole mess down. Eventually somebody is gonna have to save us from ourselves. We don't seem bright enough to do it without help.

[alanh]

Re: speed differential. I've had two friends who were in serious crashes on freeways where they were going much slower than the car that hit them.

However... they were both nearly stopped because of backed up traffic. They were both rear-ended by cars that didn't slow down. I wonder if this is where "speed differential kills" comes from.

[rfred]

Originally Posted by gene4655

Oh Lord, can't you join in a discussion of speed limits without bringing up your dislike of the White House incumbent? Chances are, if this comes up in Congress next year, there'll be someone to your liking in the WH, and then who will you blame?

You tell me why we're contemplating opening one of the last real frontiers in this country to drilling and not embracing one of the most painfully logical strategies to save fuel.

Yeah, it is the administration and congress.