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High speed rail
"alohacyberian" wrote in message ... "Jack May" wrote in message news:nNwab.384212$Oz4.168178@rwcrnsc54... We had one pair of people on the east coast that actually made it from D.C to Silicon Valley in 40 hours by swapping out driving and sleeping. They stopped at every airport near their route to see if they could get a plane back. If they stopped at every airport, there is no physical way they could have made the trip in 40 hours, in fact, it's highly unlikely even if they didn't stop. I think they were unmindful of the time or exaggerating. KM According to Microsoft Streets & Trips Washington DC to San Jose: 2844.2 miles Driving speeds: Interstate 75 mph Once out of the DC area, the following roads are not used until you get to the bay area because everything else is mainly on I-80: Limited Access: 65 mph Other Highways 55 mph Arterial roads: 35 mph streets 21 mph Distance between stops (25 mpg with a 15 gallon tank): 375 (5 hours at 75 mph) Total time: 39 hours 55 minutes When nearing an airport, they call the airport (or, for you people who take everything literally, the airlines at the airport). If there's no flights available, they continue on. There's no need to physically stop at the airport. Because there's a gas station at or near each airport, the refueling got have been done at the airport. One refuels, one checks flights. Without any flights from any airports, I imagine this would be a very quick deal. -- David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html |
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High speed rail
Jack May wrote:
"Jacob Fruehling" wrote in message ... alohacyberian wrote: It's 2846 miles from DC to San Jose. At 40 hours, that is 71mph if they go non stop, with re-fueling tanker trucks that drive alongside and throw donuts to the drivers. Not to mention stopping at the airports, traffic, cops, etc. The legend may have grown in my mind as legends often do over the years It may have been 40 something hours maybe even longer. They may have checked the airports by calling. With those guys even 71 MPH is doable. They were trying to get back for an important meeting with customers. A 10 minute stop every four hours is not a lot of delay and grabbing fast food is not a long stop either. True, but you also said they stopped at every airport near their route. That would take tons of extra time, no? |
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