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Silly Scooter Rider
by extremebigdog
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Apr 12, 2006 (11:37 am)
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I can't believe that silly scooter rider and the tow truck driver you were talking about. They completely ignored the signs clearly stating that it was your stretch of road. How dare they go a different speed then you desired? And to actually force you to wait upwards of 15 seconds before you were able to rightfully reclaimed your road, shocking. Your definitely well within your rights as a free driving American to wish them dead. (as your subsequent posters extrapolated). I mean seriously! Those are 15-30 seconds you will never get back your revenge and the revenge of all the second hoarders the country over are exacted by your ill wishes.
FYI: 50cc scooters are rarely capable of level travel exceeding 35mph, but capability aside not everyone drives at 100% awareness all the time. It could just as easily have happened with a Camry or a bus and where would your 15 seconds be then?
Its so interesting to read here about driving annoyances and think how many of them would happen walking, and if the people around you were people you see and associate with every day.
So much for civil society. Riding a scooter in America is getting closer to an ordinary person walking on the Roman Road.
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- #7819 of 14375
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Re: Silly Scooter Rider [extremebigdog]
by snakeweasel
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Apr 12, 2006 (11:43 am)
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Replying to: extremebigdog (Apr 12, 2006 11:37 am)
FWIW if you're driving a vehicle that cannot at least do close to speed limit you really shouldn't be running around in the left lane of the road. The scooter at the very least should have been to the right and at the best should have sought an alternate route where he wouldn't be impeding the normal flow of traffic.
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- #7820 of 14375
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Re: Silly Scooter Rider [extremebigdog]
by docnukem
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Apr 12, 2006 (11:45 am)
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Replying to: extremebigdog (Apr 12, 2006 11:37 am)
Chill a little. Nobody said he didn't have the right to be on the road. The error was riding in the left lane (while the right lane was clear) on a vehicle incapable of driving at least the speed limit. The comments about Darwin were pointing out how stupid he was, not wishing him injury. He was taking his life into his own hands--as if he had the deathwish. Nobody expects a vehicle like that in the left lane. The original poster was also pointing out how easy it would have been for him to be injured if traffic had been worse and nobody could see him around the two vehicles. Accusing someone of stupidity is not the same as wishing them ill, sheesh.
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- #7821 of 14375
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Re: Silly Scooter Rider [docnukem]
by ruking1
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Apr 12, 2006 (11:50 am)
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Replying to: docnukem (Apr 12, 2006 11:45 am)
Yup, I would agree. Just think if the misguided views contingent wins out and 55 mph becomes the speed limit again. One can expect to see an EXPLOSION in the population of better mpg vehicles like..... SCOOTERS!!   Just think if you are a scooter going 45 mph in the #1 lane. THEY CANT TOUCH YOU!!! So be very careful what one wishes for, You just might get it. ??!!
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- #7822 of 14375
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Re: I wonder if 55 is that "magic" speed [gee35coupe]
by thegraduate
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:03 pm)
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Replying to: gee35coupe (Apr 11, 2006 6:20 pm)
The best mileage I ever got in our family's 2005 Accord I-4 was 39.96 MPG three months ago, and I had the Cr. Ctrl on 80MPH the whole time.
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- #7823 of 14375
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Re: No way he's going to get 35 mpg at 85 mph [snakeweasel]
by thegraduate
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:06 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Apr 12, 2006 6:38 am)
If I can get 36 MPG at 75 MPH, and 40 MPG at 80 MPH, why couldn't he get 35 MPG at 85? If his speed in constant, with no downshifting to pass, or climb hills, I wouldn't doubt his claim one bit because I've witnessed the same thing firsthand in our 3 Accords (Actually, since 1990, we've had a '90 LX, '92 EX, '93 EX, my current '96 LX, '00LX, '01 LX, '03 EX, dad's current '05 EX (which I achieved the 40MPG at 80 MPH in), and my current 06 EX. All 4-cylinder mileage mongers.
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- #7824 of 14375
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Re: I wonder if 55 is that "magic" speed [thegraduate]
by ruking1
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:07 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 12, 2006 1:03 pm)
I took a Honda Civic VP on a north/south cross state trip at between speeds of 80-85 and 90-95 (two drivers switching off) with the AC blasting and plug in GPS and another DC device, got 37 mpg.
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- #7825 of 14375
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Re: I wonder if 55 is that "magic" speed [ruking1]
by thegraduate
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:08 pm)
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Replying to: ruking1 (Apr 12, 2006 1:07 pm)
Not bad, considering the gearing of a Civic makes its "optimum speed" much lower than that of an Accord.
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- #7826 of 14375
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Re: No way he's going to get 35 mpg at 85 mph [thegraduate]
by snakeweasel
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:16 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 12, 2006 1:06 pm)
If I can get 36 MPG at 75 MPH, and 40 MPG at 80 MPH, why couldn't he get 35 MPG at 85?
Key word in your statement is 'if' and since everything I have seen, read and had explained to me would say that you would get less mileage at 80 then at 75 the issue is moot.
Again I seriously doubt he is getting those numbers at 85MPH.
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- #7827 of 14375
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Re: No way he's going to get 35 mpg at 85 mph [snakeweasel]
by thegraduate
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Apr 12, 2006 (1:24 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Apr 12, 2006 1:16 pm)
OK, I'll restate that. I DID get 36.4 MPG in my new 06 Accord when it had about 2,600 miles on it. I went about 75 MPH (cr. set, occasionally passed at 80). In dad's car, I got 40 MPG w/cr set on 80 (41,000 miles at the time). Little traffic, and no A/C either time (it was Feb in my new car, and April Fools day in dad's.
It's all about how much fuel you use to increase your speed. If I'm only using 3 % more fuel to get 6 % more speed, then I'm going to get better mileage at that higher speed (which I did).
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