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Originally Posted by JacobAziza
It got me thinking (again) about how some people write about techniques like P&G, dwl, dwb (pulse and glide, driving with load, driving without brakes)
I just don't see how it is possible to apply these in the real world, with traffic around.
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I can get silly numbers because much of my Firefly driving is on lightly travelled rural highways, so I can do pretty much anything I like, at any speed.
The ForkenSwift gets used in sub/urban driving only, but again I choose lightly travelled routes so I can maximize coasting distance to stops, and accelerating gently without holding up following traffic.
I disagree that you can't use the techniques you listed in the "real" world though. Some more than others - even P&G in "slow & go" type traffic jams would be easy. Driving with load up/down grades will piss people off in heavy traffic, but not if there's a big truck in your lane that is also effectively doing the same thing!