This truck being pulled from a ditch slowed my travels up Interstate 95 today. One of my goals in driving is to avoid being the truck in the ditch. I don't drive a truck so I have it half covered. I also try to keep my vehicle on the road.
It appears that this truck went in before the guard rail began rather than over it, but for some reason they were pulling it out this way. It is sometimes hard to figure out what happened in an accident when you only get to see the aftermath.
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I achieved a stellar C with 59%. I am probably only a hazard to myself. Time to schedule another defensive driving course.
(via Presurfer)
"Q: What do you get when you cross a self-absorbed, petty asshat and skyrocketing gas prices? A: The Hypermiler"Now I know that I bought a Prius and I want to get good gas mileage with it but these hypermilers sound a little impressed with themselves. I too get aggravated when the light turns red since I have to stop and start again which uses gas, but I also like to live and so I follow the rules of the road and speed limits and I use my brakes if I have to stop. All activities which the hypermilers seem to shun because it uses up gas. From the USAToday article here are some other hazardous ways to save gas a la the hypermiler:
pumping up tire pressure far beyond car and tire makers' recommendations...Leave it to the press to hype this fringe group and extol the virtues of hyperbole instead of giving useful advice on getting good gas mileage, which is better phrased as using less gas. Is it better to take a few crazies from 50 to an unachievable 100mpg or to take the rest (most) of us from 20 to 25 mpg? Here is some math from a FARKer (yes some of them do math)
Turning the engine off while coasting can, in some cars, leave the driver without power steering or brakes and allow the possibility that the steering wheel will lock up. Drivers can endanger themselves and others if they go too slow for the pace of traffic.
How about that urge to "draft" trucks — follow close behind for less wind resistance — on the interstate? "There's another term for that. We call it tailgating,"
There is "ridge riding," which is driving the car off center in a lane to keep its tires out of the tracks worn into pavement from years of traffic.
The gain from 20 mpg to 25 mpg is equal to the gain from 50 mpg to 100 mpg.Is it better to achieve 88mpg on a 29 mile commute or to find a job closer to home or convince your boss to let you telecommute?
10000 miles...
@ 20 mpg = 500 gallons
@ 25 mpg = 400 gallons (savings of 100)
@ 50 mpg = 200 gallons
@ 100 mpg = 100 gallons (savings of 100)
I have already suffered through the horrors of watching women put on makeup, men shave and other morning private bathroom activities performed while driving. I haven't seen anyone showering in their car yet, just give it time."Yesterday I got to watch a guy shave as he drove into work. Doesn't he care about all of the little shaving bits of stubble dirtying up his car or the shirt he is wearing? I was more than a little turned off by his public shaving."Form the article about our current offender:
"The court heard how police officers saw him drive past their patrol vehicle as he used an electric shaver on his face and crane his head to look in the rear view mirror."
His excuse is the funniest part:"Hutcheson, who had previously worked on accident investigations with the police, also claimed he had been leaning across the car at an awkward angle so he could see past a dozen mannequins he had stored in the back of his car."I don't even want to know what that is all about.