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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Coasting is illegal here in WA, but only on a downgrade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=markedcontent><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RCW 46.61.630 Coasting prohibited. (1) The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><span class=markedcontent>(2) The driver of a commercial motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the clutch disengaged. [1965 ex.s. c 155 § 74.]</span><br><br><span class=markedcontent><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=markedcontent><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Now that the statute of limitations has run I can confess to coasting about 20 miles with the tranny in neutral and the gas gauge halfway between “empty” and “positively.”</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:bjzwissler@gmail.com">Benjamin Zwissler</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 12, 2022 12:27<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com">Jeff Scarbrough</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Shop-talk] Coast in Neutral -the next great debate</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was taught in drivers ed, now 45 years ago, that in Indiana "coasting" was illegal, as the car was considered out of control. I assumed that the reasoning was if your brakes failed you might not be able to get it back in gear and use engine braking. Seems a moot point these days as modern cars all have synchros and the brakes are much better than they used to be.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>