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Old 05-09-2012, 02:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tjts1 View Post
I wonder how much gas was wasted because other drives had to slam the brakes then re accelerate because these people were blocking traffic.
I wonder how much gas is wasted from people driving full size pickups 85mph everywhere they go.

If there was no one around I can see doing 40 ish. Yesterday I got away with P&EOC'ing from 40 or 45 to 65. People didn't slam on their brakes so much as just move into the adjacent lane.
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