Crusie set @ 74 in the truck and 78 in the Vic for the best fuel mileage, except in Virginia, then I drop about 5 off of each. Never have a problem, except for those eco death boxes.
I am with you Paul; I use cruise control and keep it just about 4 mph over the limit but I am most mindful about two rules of the road: keep right, pass left and hang up and drive. It is just plain common sense to drive defensively when all of these idiots sit in the left lane, yak yak yak yak yak and then when I pass them on the right, they hang up and all of a sudden can find the damn gas pedal, and then they speed up. One lady in PA killed a cop while doing her makeup, had several priors for negligent/careless driving and actually is trying to get the cell phone records declared as part of an unlawful search. And she thinks she’s the victim! the highway is for “work”, not a pleasure cruise.
Driving too fast for conditions can get you killed. Driving legally at 140+ on the autobahn or illegally on lightly travelled interstates in the US is quite safe so long as you pay attention and slow way down if traffic density increases. Weaving in and out from one lane to another and going a lot faster than the traffic around you is a death wish.
This is truly a myth. As I stated earlier, most of the interstate system was designed for travel at 80 mph. But that design is for a driver applying concentration on what they are doing.
You cannot concentrate on traveling at that rate of speed while gabbing on the phone, texting, putting on makeup or swatting kids. You are traveling just too damn fast. All it takes is one second, just one second and all hell will break loose. Like the idiot in the Honda pulling out in front of me. I caught the maneuver just out of the corner of my eye. Can you see the destruction a 8K pound Super Duty Diesel could to to a 2K pound Civic. She was just lucky that the Silverado was a 2WD. If I had hit her, I would have drove over her car instead of just pushing it down the road. My front bumper would have hit the hatch glass above the taillights.
It is these idiots with their heads stuck up their asses that pulls out in from of the big rigs, I guess with the thought, “They won’t hit me, it will be their fault!” FAULT HELL! Fault does not have anything to do with it.
Do you have a death wish?
Who wants to die like that?
Or are you stupid and trying for the Darwin Award?
If you are trying for that award, do me a favor,
Stay the Hell away from me. I do not want to deal with your family and their accusations.
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Turn down the Toby Keith songs and keep an eye on the speedometer. 90 is NOT 70.
I don’t listen to Keith.
I ROCK down the highway.
Crusie set @ 74 in the truck and 78 in the Vic for the best fuel mileage, except in Virginia, then I drop about 5 off of each. Never have a problem, except for those eco death boxes.
I am with you Paul; I use cruise control and keep it just about 4 mph over the limit but I am most mindful about two rules of the road: keep right, pass left and hang up and drive. It is just plain common sense to drive defensively when all of these idiots sit in the left lane, yak yak yak yak yak and then when I pass them on the right, they hang up and all of a sudden can find the damn gas pedal, and then they speed up. One lady in PA killed a cop while doing her makeup, had several priors for negligent/careless driving and actually is trying to get the cell phone records declared as part of an unlawful search. And she thinks she’s the victim! the highway is for “work”, not a pleasure cruise.
Driving too fast for conditions can get you killed. Driving legally at 140+ on the autobahn or illegally on lightly travelled interstates in the US is quite safe so long as you pay attention and slow way down if traffic density increases. Weaving in and out from one lane to another and going a lot faster than the traffic around you is a death wish.
This is truly a myth. As I stated earlier, most of the interstate system was designed for travel at 80 mph. But that design is for a driver applying concentration on what they are doing.
You cannot concentrate on traveling at that rate of speed while gabbing on the phone, texting, putting on makeup or swatting kids. You are traveling just too damn fast. All it takes is one second, just one second and all hell will break loose. Like the idiot in the Honda pulling out in front of me. I caught the maneuver just out of the corner of my eye. Can you see the destruction a 8K pound Super Duty Diesel could to to a 2K pound Civic. She was just lucky that the Silverado was a 2WD. If I had hit her, I would have drove over her car instead of just pushing it down the road. My front bumper would have hit the hatch glass above the taillights.
It is these idiots with their heads stuck up their asses that pulls out in from of the big rigs, I guess with the thought, “They won’t hit me, it will be their fault!” FAULT HELL! Fault does not have anything to do with it.
Do you have a death wish?
Who wants to die like that?
Or are you stupid and trying for the Darwin Award?
If you are trying for that award, do me a favor,
Stay the Hell away from me. I do not want to deal with your family and their accusations.