[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 21:38:25 EDT 2014


I recall driving up to my folks home the first time, and getting a little
nervous driving 55 in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 285


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Remember- those red white and blue signs are suggested speeds!
>
> The spur off I85 is terrifying!
> On Aug 14, 2014 8:17 PM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This graf is from an article on trying to be a "hypermiler" in a Honda
> > Insight -- in Atlanta:
> >
> > "The speed thing was especially a problem for us, because we conducted
> > this test in Atlanta, where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour – a
> > number we decided to stay close to for efficiency purposes.
> Unfortunately,
> > no one in Atlanta goes 55 miles per hour. Little old ladies don't go 55.
> > Church vans don't go 55. Even an illegal immigrant driving a stolen car
> > with a trunk full of cocaine and human body parts would be pushing 70.
> > And no one would give him a second look."
> >
> > http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-went-hypermiling-in-a-
> > honda-1621059406
> >
> > Sean
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