How to accept momentum from other drivers

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Thymeclock

Large notes and bumper stickers are not necessarily true. As far as I know they are not illegal (yet). However they are expressions made with intent to influence.

The risk of getting pulled over increases if you openly state your vehicle is not in good working order .

Originally Posted by actwithclarity

If my employer caught me hypermiling on a company truck during work hour, they would say "hurry the **** up we got work to do!"

If you do long distances, then slowing down will increase the time required for a trip.
On my 30-odd miles commute, despite going 12mph slower than before, my average speed hasn't really dropped much, if at all, and the time I need to get to and from work is still the same.
I may be going slow, but I'm not slowing down

[appuchan]

How to accept anger from other drivers.

Interesting. It will be good to have some device to convert the anger into electrical energy and charge some battery bank which will help you to save some fuel. Some sort of "emotionally active hybrid" car. And if the driver is so angry that he jumps up and down on the seat and keep shouting, well you have more scope for energy conversion.

[jakobnev]

Originally Posted by actwithclarity

^ Exactly. If my employer caught me hypermiling on a company truck during work hour, they would say "hurry the **** up we got work to do!" A few dollars in gas means nothing compared with the profit pulled in.

I bet they wouldn't complain at all if you used hypermiling techniques to get to where you were going faster, with the same amount of fuel, tho!

[larrybuck]

With an older VW Diesel, an easy bumper sticker could be: WARNING: 0-50mph in 3 yrs.!!

"I'm happy U are employed to drive faster$$"

Happy to drive faster for $$$

Sorry! the squirrels peddling my eng. are tired today!

My unemployement check says: my future is slow!

SHOW ME your professional passing skills!

I can't break the egg under my foot; it's my family's dinner!

Why haven't you passed yet; we're waiting!!!

Don't be stuck in the middle w me: PASS!

They say ALL THINGS WILL PASS: why won't U???

MPG NERDS HERE!; plan your pass NOW!!!

I go SLOW 'cuss wife's allowance low!.... (husbands)

I drive an economy car for it's intended use; HELLO???

I DON'T WANT to get home fast: the MOTHER OUTLAW might still be there!

I MUST corner slowly; the earth is flat!

If my car is so ugly; why are U still following???

If I am so slow; why are U still there???

Why race to redlight? I enjoy DRIVING; myself!!!

You've seen me here before... get up earlier; already!!!

This is the slow lane!! Yours is over there!!!

Does it make U feel POWERFUL 2 pass cars?? Test yourself!

If HASTE IS WASTE... U don't look too good!

Saving fuel not only wins NASCAR races; it also saves families!!

Easy come/go??? Not w my $$$$$

Sorry! You haven't volunteered to pay for my gas; yet!!!

Rather save toward family vacation, not un-needed brake jobs!!

Driving "GREEN" is FREEDOM! Are U anti-AMERICAN???

You wouldn't tailgate me walking in the mall: don't do it here EITHER!!!

NASCAR clearances don't work on public roads, leave your ROWDY for the track!!

REAL RACERS leave their action at the track!

There is a time/place for everything.... that's why I'm here!

If you're a showoff, we agree!! Your show iiiiissss OFF!

Great driver's seldom need the brake pedal, how are U progressing???

Stopping at red lights is ok for beginners; wouldn't U like to be more advanced???

Tailgaters are generous indeed! They love to give their INSURANCE Company a raise!!!

60's acceleration is NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT! What rock did you crawl out from?

Friends wouldn't let friends be seen driving WASTEFULLY!

You claim to be living GREEN: does your driving match???

I must still be far from home: my SUPER MAGNET isn't pulling this car much yet!!

I want to stay on the road as long as I can: my wife is a CRAB!!! (husband, kids)

Free Driving School: follow me and save your family $$$!!!

Only ROOKIES have to start/stop all the time..be SMOOOOOOTH!!!

You still drive over manhole covers, and bad bumps; are you NEEEEEEEWW???

If you can't drive smooth; stay home: you are embarrass

ing yourself!!!


If you are not a rat in a race; why join one??

Fender's are great guitars, and they look good on my car: don't take them off!

Bumper cars were fun as a kid; but why are you crowding me now??? HELLO???

Everybody has 24 hrs.... I like to use a lot HERE!!!

[UFO]

Originally Posted by actwithclarity

^ Exactly. If my employer caught me hypermiling on a company truck during work hour, they would say "hurry the **** up we got work to do!" A few dollars in gas means nothing compared with the profit pulled in.

Listen to what others are posting here. Hypermiling is not going slow, it's driving with more intelligence. In traffic, allowing room in front is not going slow, and closing that gap will not get you to your destination faster.

I saw a fellow I work with today on the I25, 4 lanes wide, busy traffic. He drove the left lane with the rest of the speed demons. I was in the right with 50' - 100' in front of me cruising at a constant speed, going out of gear when the traffic slowed. Guess who got to work first? Me.

It's not a fair comparison either, but I'm sure he was getting 10mpg in his lifted Dodge truck, and I got 43mpg in my auto VW TDI.

I don't drive slowly, I drive the speed of traffic with lower bandwidth; that's for you electrical geeks.

[actwithclarity]

Originally Posted by UFO

Listen to what others are posting here. Hypermiling is not going slow, it's driving with more intelligence.

I'm driving around on spacious highways up here, so yes, driving 90km/hr max, maybe P&Ging the whole way, is definitely going to get me there slower than driving 110km/hr max (speed limit) or 120-130km/hr (when no cops around). In city driving it's not so much of an advantage to drive fast, but the fast driver/accelerator will eventually get some lead on you by making it through a series of lights that you get stopped at.

[Cd]

Originally Posted by UFO

Hypermiling is not going slow, it's driving with more intelligence.

That's fantastic. That should be a bumper sticker !

( larrybuck - I like your ideas as well, especially the " This is the slow lane - yours is over there ! " one )

[user removed]

Originally Posted by actwithclarity

I'm driving around on spacious highways up here, so yes, driving 90km/hr max, maybe P&Ging the whole way, is definitely going to get me there slower than driving 110km/hr max (speed limit) or 120-130km/hr (when no cops around). In city driving it's not so much of an advantage to drive fast, but the fast driver/accelerator will eventually get some lead on you by making it through a series of lights that you get stopped at.

While that may be true, I can't tell you how many times I have passed that same faster driver at the next traffic light that he raced up to, or even worse pulled over in front of me and blocked the pathway for me because I know how the lights are timed. I have driven through 65 in one trip and never caught a single one red.

You will never do that by blasting up to ever red light trying to catch it as it just turns green, but I regularly drive through 45 or more daily and sometimes have to stop for fewer than 3.

Bottom line everyone's situation is different. I guess I could go 20 MPH and get 60 MPG, but that is not my priority. The worst section of road for me requires 47 MPH average speed in a 45 zone, or you will catch every light red. I have made it through that section of road at 80 MPG when it was timed correctly and the 3 lights that are triggered instead of timed did not catch me and destroy my momentum.

regards
Mech

[Frank Lee]

Originally Posted by actwithclarity

...but the fast driver/accelerator will eventually get some lead on you by making it through a series of lights that you get stopped at.

Not necessarily true. More often than not I get to cruise right past stopped Mr. Jackrabbit at a fresh green light that he has kindly tripped for me.

[Thymeclock]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

While that may be true, I can't tell you how many times I have passed that same faster driver at the next traffic light that he raced up to, or even worse pulled over in front of me and blocked the pathway for me because I know how the lights are timed. I have driven through 65 in one trip and never caught a single one red.

That's because you have analyzed the route and in effect you have an insider's knowledge of it. Knowing how the lights are timed has virtually nothing to do with your speed. If you didn't have that knowledge, you'd have to guess and your success rate would be much lower.

I know of some instances in my vicinity where I will be stuck at long lights at various intersections if I don't accelerate briskly from a previous traffic light. If there is no traffic in front of me, I can make the next light before it turns red, which avoids my having to stop for an upcoming string of lights that would otherwise be against me. Again, it all comes down to having knowledge of a particular route and how the lights are timed.

Bottom line everyone's situation is different.

The last sentence is indeed the applicable phrase.

Similarly, in highway driving I often will end up at the same place (or even ahead of) a pushy driver who cuts in and out, constantly doing multiple lane changes in a futile attempt to get ahead. Drivers like that don't think ahead and predict the probability of the movement of other drivers on the road, they only act in an aggressive manner. Knowing how to avoid becoming 'boxed in' is a more successful strategy. I just love it when Mr. Pushy gets himself boxed in behind slower moving traffic. Sometimes I'm even instrumental in having it happen. I smile at seeing him diminish in my rear view mirror, with no way out of his predicament...