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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
Driving the speed limit doesn't always conserve fuel - for one, the optimal fuel efficient speed will in many instances be lower (or sometimes higher) than the posted speed limit.
Hope you're not one of those folks who drives 50 or so in a 65 zone (seeing that a lot more these days) ... 50 can be very efficient, but a sure way to get rear-ended eventually, assuming one isn't pulled over first for impeding traffic.
Ron
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I'm very aware of this, I simply drive the speed limit which here is 70MPH. I save at least 5MPG doing 70 instead of 80 although 70 does burn considerably more gas than driving 50-55 I simply don't want to be that kind of a road hazard.
The only time I blockade a car is like I said when they're flashing at me and just being pushy about it. Any accident coming from the idiot trying to unsafely go around is in no possible way any fault mine. If they would have just waited a lil bit I would have safely been around.
Why the hell should I speed up because somebody flies up behind me? If I'm at the posted speed LIMIT somebody flying up behind me is driving at an unsafe speed and they need to be prepared to slow the fuck down. it is not in any way my responsibility to speed so that people can get around me.