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Originally Posted by Shawn D.
Sorry to disappoint you, Delta Flyer, but my remarks are not less than rational (speed differential is definitely more dangerous than speed itself), and I'll thank you in advance not to use weasel words to denigrate me or my statements.
I am not against hypermiling, but I do indeed have "an" issue with hypermiling -- it's hypermilers who do it in an unsafe manner, with the "all other drivers be damned" attitude. That is what gives hypermiling a bad name.
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Shawn D -
(link: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/070908dnmethypermiling.35fa7769.html ) read this account of a Dallas Morning News reporter riding with me 25 miles to work last summer and read what he had to say. Go ahead, and quote the times I was driving dangerously, or in contempt of the other traffic. The freeway I was on is posted at 60 - I was going 50. Could you explain why going 50 is legal, but 70-75 is not? Since you have asserted you are rational and dispassionate, I'm sure you can get out of that pickle, not to mention many big trucks are also going 50.
Again, read the article and find where the reporter thought I put his life in danger or thought my driving was shooting a birdie to the other drivers. If you can't find it, then explain why you would want to continue to say I do those things.