Observation about Pete's "normal cruising".
>He passed me one morning on the way down to an event
>at Marina...I was doing 80+ I think. =)
>
>Paul
There are times when driving "slow" has it's reward. Comming back from
So-Cal last week we were running at a real (previously timed) and
conservative 73-73.5 (70 zone) on I-5 when we came across one of those
impossible-to-see-ahead "patrolled-by-aircraft" CHP speed "traps". As
several cars, who'd passed us, were being pulled over, we (bravely?) stayed
on speed control and passed several others who'd slowed way down when they
saw the CHP line-up on the side of the road. After a few miles the
slow-downs eventually passed by us again at various speeds. So, it looks
like, when about 2/3 of the cars are running at speeds faster than you, the
chances are slim that you'll be stopped. That's my "chicken" criteria for
deciding what speed is likely to be ticket-free, the 2/3 rule. I think it's
all relative in fairly heavy traffic. Think about trying it, makes for a
relaxed, although slow, trip. Obviously, since some who'd been running
faster than us, and had previously passed, weren't stopped, I WAS driving
too slow.
Don
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