I call that the "rabbit" approach. Always make sure more than one car is
going faster than you are...and never be the fastest. On I-5, that easy. :)
--Pat Kelly
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>From: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
>To: "Paul S (#51 STS)" <ibisbike@yahoo.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Who's going to SD Tour
>Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2003, 5:12 PM
>
> 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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