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Are Hypermilers a menace on the road? {Autoblog Green}
May 11th 2008 3:15PM Post 36, there is absolutely NO requirement that any driver maintain a constant speed - nowhere. There is, however, a requirement that drivers not exceed the speed limit. That's the one the police have failed to do their job with. That's the one that is dangerous to all law abiding citizens. Is it not interesting that you, as a someone being paid to enforce the laws, would go after those within the law, and give a pass to the speeders? And Post 37 is a perfect example of the immature speeder to which I'm referring in all my posts. Besides wasting a precious resource, you are wasting good oxygen.
Are Hypermilers a menace on the road? {Autoblog Green}
May 11th 2008 3:03PM Post 35, your assumptions make an *** out of U. I don't drive a hybrid. Speeders are the problem; always have been. They are the selfish ones who believe everyone else should move over for them, and that they can drive whatever speed they want. They are also the ones who slam on their brakes out of pure habit, when they see a cop, and then will drive below the speed limit as though they have a halo on. It's acting just like a child who knows they are doing something wrong, as "daddy" comes around the corner. They simply have not matured.
Are Hypermilers a menace on the road? {Autoblog Green}
May 7th 2008 7:58PM I find it a humorous fallacy that speeders use to deflect blame away from their obvious low skill set. One that occurs above, points out a true statement, that extreme speed differences can create situations that the low skill set driver cannot negotiate. But they always say the "problem" is the person driving slow. Wake up, we "share" the roads, and the person driving at the speed limit is not the problem. That person is obeying the laws written specifically so we can better "share" the highways. The real problem child is the anarchist that choses which laws to break, and then by how much. Of course what's appropriate for you may not be appropriate for the idiot who wishes to do 15, 20 or more, miles per hour above the limit. It's time these children grow up and make my drive a bit less dangerous. They are a pretty self-centered lot. Oh yes, hypermiling, well they typically are doing at or legally below the speed limits. They are acutely aware of traffic both ahead and behind. They are checking their mirrors at least as often as the recommended 8 seconds. They are not "in anyone's way" on a single lane road because they understand how speed changes can affect other's in any kind of traffic (even a single car behind them). They will speed up to the limit (if they were below it to begin with). Please note that the speed limit is "slow" to any speeder's worldview. Most will not Pulse and Glide when cars are behind them. They will wait for a downhill to coast at the limit. In fact, if you were to pull up behind a Hypermiler, you would be hard pressed to pick them out of any group of law abiding citizens. They will coast slow to a traffic signal that is red, in hopes it will change to green before they have to stop. What's the harm there? If they finally have to stop, so would those behind them. If the light changes to green (get it, "green") then everyone benefits by their behavior. It's win/win, and everyone saves. But the speed crowd gets so impatient that they put the pedal to the metal and roar around such an "inconsiderate" driver, pulling back in front of them and of course must slam on their brakes for the red light. Then here comes the Hypermiler, coasting up just as the light goes "green" (isn't that a picture of green?) and accelerates through without having to waste gas any more than they have to. Again, and I stress this strongly, at no time did their "transgression" pose any problem for anyone behind them. It's time the whiners took a good look at why they get so incensed by responsible drivers. Perhaps they need professional care and a lobotomy, but they really should learn to deal with it, or walk.
