High speed rail

"alohacyberian" wrote in message
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"Jack May" wrote in message
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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.

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Jack May wrote:

"Jacob Fruehling" wrote in message
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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?