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#1276 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#1277 |
best in the biz
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Under Pressure
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#1278 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Just drop the speed limit back to 55. Save energy and save lives...
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#1279 |
The Maintenance Guy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Renovated Bugeater Estate
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#1280 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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#1281 |
go to work wasted
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Boise
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The 55 mph speed limit had very little, if any, benefit irt saving fuel and lives in the 20 years it was implemented. It was a waste of time the first go around that was widely ignored by motorists and the states.
You know what did have significant impacts on both of those things? Advancements in engineering and design that not only makes cars more efficient than they were in 1975 when the law was enacted, but much more safer. Dropping the highway speed limits won't make cars burn less gas, and in some cases where cars are engineered to be more efficient at speeds higher than 55 mph, would actually make them burn more. |
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#1282 |
sorta mod-ish
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: KC North
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#1283 |
The Maintenance Guy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Renovated Bugeater Estate
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#1284 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Wikipedia is not my favorite place however for some things a fairly good source... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_%28physics%29 Going twice the speed requires 8 time the power... Driving into a headwind should give you better fuel economy, right? Last edited by crayzkirk; 03-12-2022 at 12:39 PM.. |
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#1285 |
go to work wasted
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Boise
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Right, and have you looked at how angular most cars are these days? Even SUVs are rounded off and designed to cut through the air resistance better.
I’m just going by my own experience with my car, a 2015 Mustang GT, that I mostly drive on highways. My mileage is best in the 70-80 mph range. |
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#1286 |
Cheat Death
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Land of Drincoln
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#1287 |
Would an idiot do that?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Arizona
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#1288 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#1289 | |
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#1290 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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