[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

[Boris Borisov]

It's crazy. There you have speed limit sign saying 55 Mph and above it
light board informing you that the speed in both directions are 55+ ...
There is no limits only the speed of the light :)


On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recall driving up to my folks home the first time, and getting a little
> nervous driving 55 in bumper-to-bumper traffic on 285
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Remember- those red white and blue signs are suggested speeds!
> >
> > The spur off I85 is terrifying!
> > On Aug 14, 2014 8:17 PM, "Sean Kilpatrick" <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This graf is from an article on trying to be a "hypermiler" in a Honda
> > > Insight -- in Atlanta:
> > >
> > > "The speed thing was especially a problem for us, because we conducted
> > > this test in Atlanta, where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour – a
> > > number we decided to stay close to for efficiency purposes.
> > Unfortunately,
> > > no one in Atlanta goes 55 miles per hour. Little old ladies don't go
> 55.
> > > Church vans don't go 55. Even an illegal immigrant driving a stolen car
> > > with a trunk full of cocaine and human body parts would be pushing 70.
> > > And no one would give him a second look."
> > >
> > > http://jalopnik.com/here-s-what-happened-when-i-went-hypermiling-in-a-
> > > honda-1621059406
> > >
> > > Sean
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