(Dale Earmhardt's 'Intimidator' package Monte Carlo)
Even with a supercharged V-6 sport car, I average 27.3 MPG combined.
And the way I drive, that's really good!
Posted on 05/23/2008 10:23:11 AM PDT by Entrepreneur
If there's one thing that's worse than paying $4 per gallon for gasoline, it's the resurgent talk of lowering speed limits to conserve fuel.
Because, of course, these lowered limits won't be enforced as a "conservation" measure.
Any curtailment of speed limits will be treated as a saaaaafety issue -- just as happened during the Dark Decades of the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit. "Speeding" tickets will be issued and "points" assigned. At the stroke of a lawmaker's pen (and the cop's, too) driving "x" MPH will suddenly become "unsafe," rather than merely wasteful.
This is the most intolerable aspect of the whole scam.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
As we go away from gasoline for our cars, we go away from a federal gas tax. Meaning that the federal government cannot strong arm states to enact laws that the feds are constitutionally prohibited from passing.
It was a Nixon edict, hence forever branding a pair of 5’s as “Nixon’s Revenge”
Try the Me-go, it gets 17 trillion MPG city driving, only one gear and max’s out at 24 MPH. Great stuff!
Yes ... and the hostages are us. Hostage to an increasingly inept government that we keep on electing because doing something differently is just too frightening for most folks.
roll up the windows and it doubles as a steam bath
Good luck seeing out the windshield though...
You got a Yugo to go 55? You should contact the Guinness Book of World Records.
Moreover, nobody seems to care for the lives saved by the faster speeds. In my personal commute, I save several minutes a day at the higher limit, and the minutes add up to well over an hour of additional time per month.
We cannot conserve our way to prosperity especially by zero-sum thinking disguised as conservation. Remember: American is the land of Opportunity, not Limits.
You live in a state where one can get away with that.
I don't see people in Fairbanks going without heat, or people in Houston without A/C...
All the 4 wheelers are doin' 65/70 and us big trucks get pulled over for doing the same.
Any driver knows this one.
"Prevailing flow of traffic" isn't a viable defense. 90% of the time you can plead it down to an "improper equipment" or "seat belt" charge for a reduced fine and no points ... but there is the occasional Dudley Do-Right that doesn't budge (The court always asks if the officer will agree to __________ ).
Time is taken out of a man's day to appear in an oft-times far away court and etc., etc.
No unsafe driving, no accidents .. just speeders ... sigh.
Revenue enhancement, indeed.
And flipping you the bird....
(Dale Earmhardt's 'Intimidator' package Monte Carlo)
Even with a supercharged V-6 sport car, I average 27.3 MPG combined.
And the way I drive, that's really good!
It’s not about conservation or safety...
IT’S ABOUT MONEY!!
Not all cars are at their most efficient at 55. Some are most efficient at 40 and others 65...
If I drive 80 on the highway like everybody else, my Toyota pickup gets 20 mpg.
If I drive 60 with the tailgate down, I get 30 mpg on the highway portion, and 25 mpg overall.
That's the difference between burning 4 gallons a day, or three gallons a day.
I hate it, but I'm driving 60 now.
Not that I want the speed limits changed. I can drive more slowly voluntarily without making everybody else do the same.
Myth.
Driving from NY to Atlanta, I tested speed vs. MPG in a full-size 6-cylinder Ford Explorer.
Lowest MPG I got was at 55. Highest was around 75. Difference was minor.
Other people report similar results with other vehicles.
Older cars may have done best at 55, but 30 years of auto engineering has changed that.
Sorry, but my car gets better mileage at 65 than 55 (on the highway).
As George Carlin said:
Anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot. Anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac.
We're in a major one right now. Our government and future of our nation is being held hostage by tyrants. The DEMs and GOP teamed up together 12 years ago and turned against us. Of course you know if your not for them your for the terrorist. /sarcasm
If the Congress proposes this, it will probably be called some bullsh*t like the “Fuel Economy and Highway Safety Act of 2008” and we’ll of course call it the “Freedom-Stealing and Revenue Enhancement Act.”
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