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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
That could well be.
But it's time to invoke Sagan:
You're the one who made an extraordinary claim, and that requires extraordinary evidence, not anecdotes and bias-confirming personal observations.
EDIT: FYI, I'd be perfectly willing to accept that Prius drivers are somehow more disruptive than average... with proper evidence.
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I enjoyed the subtle implication of skepticism. I am not aware of any documented evidence that proves or disproves the observations that I have presented. However, after all the eco people jumped in on this thread to defend their confirmation bias in favor of the Prius, I did google "slow prius driver" and found that far more people than I had originally assumed have made similar observations. All I do is take note of what kind of vehicle is interrupting smooth traffic flow, and study my instrumentation to get an idea of how many watt hours are wasted during the event. My primary research is only related to kinetic energy of automobiles, particularly with how much of it is wasted with various regen configurations on EVs, and the fact that the Prius is the most frequent disruption is something that I have no control of. It just is. Perhaps it is different in your area, but from what I have googled, it appears to be a widespread problem.