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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
Hypocryte, i cannot figure anybody more hypocryte than you.
And what you hide behind your hypocrysy is crappy .No wonder you say you travel often to Edmonton. -- Sent via Travel Newsgroups http://www.travelnewsgroups.com |
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And i hope the mistakes on purpose in the last message will make your
crap turn you into a little mafia member .I hope the fuel cost will be too high so that the killers you send after me gives up. And with your directions they won't end up in Louisiana. Your last message would make any crappy bigot proud. -- Sent via Travel Newsgroups http://www.travelnewsgroups.com |
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On 7/28/2006 1:11 am, Hatunen wrote:
On 27 Jul 2006 15:27:19 -0700, "Sapphyre" wrote: Another road complaint (California specific), is when I'm booting along at 65-70 with the other cars, but there's a gap, so the 18 wheeler edges out in front of me, and slowly passes whatever at 55 mph. It ****es me off, because you'd think he'd see me closing in on him at a high speed and realize it's better to let me get ahead of him and his passing before slowing me down for a good 10 or so miles of roadway where I keep having to apply my brakes. On the other hand, putting myself in his shoes, if I'm in the right lane following someone doing slower than 55, and I have a schedule to meet, I'd get past that guy at the first opportunity where it's safe enough to change lanes. And once the 18-wheeler is commmitted to passing and has its steam up, it's pretty heavy to suddenly brake just to let you by, or me, since the same thing rankles me. I-5 needs an extra lane each way from the Grapevine northward. What both of you have just commented on here is the inherent non-safety of split car/truck speed limits. If trucks were allowed to go 70, or frankly even 65, you wouldn't have such a huge range between minimum and maximum actual speeds; trucks wouldn't take so long to complete passes, meaning you would have more freedom to pass in the left lane; and it is possible Caltrans could get away with delaying any kind of widening project for another few years. You would be surprised how big the effect of the split speed limits really is. That said, although I have only been on it once, early on a Saturday morning, I agree with you that I-5 in the Central Valley could use six lanes. -- Larry Harvilla e-mail: roads AT phatpage DOT org blog-aliciousness: http://www.phatpage.org/news/ also visit: http://www.phatpage.org/highways.html (in progress) |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
On 2006-07-28 22:21:23 -0400, "Maxx" said:
sechumlib wrote: On 2006-07-26 23:14:59 -0400, gel said: i guess you might be from New-York and you voted for Bush. When the Bush's are in power the price of gazolines hits record high. It will cost a lot in fuel cost to drive to Louisiana. Are you speaking to anyone in particular, or the whole world. And what are "gazolines"? Isn't a gazoline a female gazelle? LOL! |
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On 2006-07-28 23:10:58 -0400, gel said:
Hypocryte, i cannot figure anybody more hypocryte than you. And what you hide behind your hypocrysy is crappy .No wonder you say you travel often to Edmonton. Are you addressing me, or Maxx, or the whole world in general? And what's a "hypocryte" and what's "hypocrysy"? Learn to spell. Learn to write. Learn to keep your mouth shut. |
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On 2006-07-28 23:19:18 -0400, gel said:
And i hope the mistakes on purpose in the last message will make your crap turn you into a little mafia member .I hope the fuel cost will be too high so that the killers you send after me gives up. And with your directions they won't end up in Louisiana. Your last message would make any crappy bigot proud. Here comes the 3-year-old again. |
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Larry Harvilla wrote:
What both of you have just commented on here is the inherent non-safety of split car/truck speed limits. If trucks were allowed to go 70, or frankly even 65, you wouldn't have such a huge range between minimum and maximum actual speeds; trucks wouldn't take so long to complete passes, meaning you would have more freedom to pass in the left lane; and it is possible Caltrans could get away with delaying any kind of widening project for another few years. You would be surprised how big the effect of the split speed limits really is. There is an inherent safety problem with split speed limits, but that is because of poor driving skills. They can work. there are no speed limits for cars on most of the German autobahns system. Trucks are limited to 90 kph and there is no passing allowed in the right. I drove from the north of Germany all the way to the south and then back up half way and across to France, more than 1200 miles, and never saw a single accident. I was travelling at about 165 kph all the way, sticking to the middle lane. I was being passed by cars that were doing almost double that speed. |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:54:01 GMT, sechumlib
wrote: On 2006-07-28 22:21:23 -0400, "Maxx" said: sechumlib wrote: On 2006-07-26 23:14:59 -0400, gel said: i guess you might be from New-York and you voted for Bush. When the Bush's are in power the price of gazolines hits record high. It will cost a lot in fuel cost to drive to Louisiana. Are you speaking to anyone in particular, or the whole world. And what are "gazolines"? Isn't a gazoline a female gazelle? LOL! I don't know about that, but being from New York and voting for Bush is an oxymoron. |
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Dave Smith wrote: There is an inherent safety problem with split speed limits, but that is because of poor driving skills. They can work. there are no speed limits for cars on most of the German autobahns system. Trucks are limited to 90 kph and there is no passing allowed in the right. I drove from the north of Germany all the way to the south and then back up half way and across to France, more than 1200 miles, and never saw a single accident. I was travelling at about 165 kph all the way, sticking to the middle lane. I was being passed by cars that were doing almost double that speed. Was the car you were driving able to handle the 165 kph without too many problems? Interestingly enough, the car I currently drive, has difficulty at 140 kph (Ford Tempo). I don't like to get past 125 kph for safety reasons (with the car, not my driving). I think the fastest I can probably go on any given highway without feeling nervous might be 85-90 mph (150 kph). But in order to do that, I need to not have too much traffic, clear dry roads that don't have a bunch of curves. I'm assuming the Autobahns don't have a lot of curves and turns either. I will say though, in Montana, passing a truck or slower car (in the Butte area) was scary as heck at 75 mph on one of those curvy parts of the Interstate. I found myself having to slow down to 65 mph quite a bit because I couldn't handle the road. This could be mostly because I live in Ontario, and don't have to drive on roads like this frequently (and not allowed to drive them at that speed anyway). I'd suggest it's because I haven't had my license very long, but my mom who's been driving for almost 40 years now doesn't do hills, mountains or windy roads without freaking out. The Lewis and Clark Trail (Hwy 12) is not her idea of a good time. Sapphyre |
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Driving cross country with expired tags - how to avoid police?
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