The other night on I was an interstate with a 70 MPH limit (traffic going 75), and sure enough there was a Prius going below 55 clogging up traffic in one of the two otherwise wide open lanes. I wonder how much gas everybody else expended trying to go around him?
suggestion to pass on to: Rich Denner (traffic engineer)
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- MartyNeilan
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Re: suggestion to pass on to: Rich Denner (traffic engineer)
They aren't rubbernecking; they're just hypermiling
The other night on I was an interstate with a 70 MPH limit (traffic going 75), and sure enough there was a Prius going below 55 clogging up traffic in one of the two otherwise wide open lanes. I wonder how much gas everybody else expended trying to go around him?
The other night on I was an interstate with a 70 MPH limit (traffic going 75), and sure enough there was a Prius going below 55 clogging up traffic in one of the two otherwise wide open lanes. I wonder how much gas everybody else expended trying to go around him?
- cjk
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Re: suggestion to pass on to: Rich Denner (traffic engineer)
I like Prius drivers. They save fossil fuels so I don't have to.
The only thing more annoying than a slow, underpowered car driving slowly in the passing lane is Harley Davidson riders cruising in the fast lane.
The only thing more annoying than a slow, underpowered car driving slowly in the passing lane is Harley Davidson riders cruising in the fast lane.
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Re: suggestion to pass on to: Rich Denner (traffic engineer)
Good thing that isn't in effect, because I would get flipped on a daily basis.
Tubaryan "yes, I don't speed and I love it" 12
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