I'm doing a 100 on the highway, o(-( |
 Jul 21 2008, 09:50 PM
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 Drank wit your boy  Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997  |
So if you do the speed limit get the
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Jul 21 2008, 09:51 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
i use to go about 75-80 all the time. but now i heard speeding wastes gas. so i been driving 65-67 range to conserve gas.
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Jul 21 2008, 09:52 PM
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 poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
I usually go the speed limit simply because i have my permit.
Still my mom flips the shit if i go a little under and overall is just constanly on my arse about things. |
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Jul 21 2008, 09:52 PM
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I usually drive 10-20 km/h faster than the speed limit... but everyone does that.
Never mind, it's 6.21-12.43 mph. =] |
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Jul 21 2008, 09:52 PM
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Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
^ I think there are 1.61 KM in a Mile if I'm not mistaken.
QUOTE(Tungster @ Jul 21 2008, 10:51 PM)  i use to go about 75-80 all the time. but now i heard speeding wastes gas. so i been driving 65-67 range to conserve gas. Yeah its true, you do waste more gas like that from what i've heard too. |
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Jul 21 2008, 09:57 PM
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Yeah, generally 5-10 mph over the speedlimit. I try to stay closer to it at night, though. On the interstate, I just stay with traffic. I can see pretty far ahead on the highway I take to and from school, so I'm more likely to get up to 80 then. But I try not to stay there or go over.
It's supposed to waste more gas by going over 55. But it's really hard to stay at 55 in most cases. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:00 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
 If you drive 55, I would honk the hell out of you on the freeway. That is grandma speed hun. 
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Jul 21 2008, 10:01 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I speed, a lot. I used to speed all the time, but then I got a bogus almost $200 speeding ticket for only going 10 over.
I think the worst I did was an 80 in a 25. I swear it's not as bad as it sounds. The road was 55mph and it went down to 25 because there are curves. I just didn't slow down fast enough. Then it goes back up to 55, so... 
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Jul 21 2008, 10:02 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
Since you're a farm girl, do you get to ride that slow ass Tractor.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:03 PM
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I can't go that slowly, but I have seen people around here driving it. However, there's 5-6 lanes on the interstate I most often drive, so it's not a big deal just to go around them, provided they're not too dumb to stay on the right.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:03 PM
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poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
^to karma: ughh i hate roads like that! It happens to me and especially because there is one road and it goes 55 and literally about 3 minutes later it drops to 25 and its hard to slow down because people are on your tail.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:03 PM
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Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Jul 21 2008, 10:57 PM) Yeah, generally 5-10 mph over the speedlimit. I try to stay closer to it at night, though. On the interstate, I just stay with traffic. I can see pretty far ahead on the highway I take to and from school, so I'm more likely to get up to 80 then. But I try not to stay there or go over. It's supposed to waste more gas by going over 55. But it's really hard to stay at 55 in most cases. I find in general that cops wont pull you over for going 5 over the speed limit because I've passed so many and I didn't even bother to slow down. QUOTE(Tomates @ Jul 21 2008, 11:03 PM) ^to karma: ughh i hate roads like that! It happens to me and especially because there is one road and it goes 55 and literally about 3 minutes later it drops to 25 and its hard to slow down because people are on your tail. Yeah thats why I always drive faster if they tail me. I'm surprised that ppl tail my bumper even when I go 10 over. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:05 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
^ My driving instructor told me that you can go 5 over and the cops usually don't care. Well, at least around here. Whenever I'm with people they are paranoid that a cop that passes you in the other lane is going to turn around. Here they're lazy.
QUOTE(Tungster @ Jul 21 2008, 10:02 PM) Since you're a farm girl, do you get to ride that slow ass Tractor. You know you're jealous. I don't help out with the farm anymore, because my brother took it over and fired me. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:08 PM
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Yeah, I speed a lot. Like a few weeks ago I was coming out on the Hollywood/Highland exit (for those of you who've exited there, you guys know it gets really crowded especially when there is something going on at the Hollywood Bowl) & there are 2 lanes. I was in the right one & there was this slow ass car in front of me so I merged to the left one. Then the slow car merged left & stopped all of a sudden. I was going super fast & slammed on the breaks. I like was really close to hitting the car in front of me. But it was weird because I wasn't scared at all. My parents were the ones freaking out! lol
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Jul 21 2008, 10:09 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
Man, they closed down Hollywood Bowl where I live.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:10 PM
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 R U A Q T ? [; Group: Official Member Posts: 7,276 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 421,631 |
my brother would drive just a little over the speed limit and my mom would freak out 'cause it's "dangerous." my mom drives like 10mph. no joke -__-
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Jul 21 2008, 10:10 PM
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Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(karmakiller @ Jul 21 2008, 11:05 PM) ^ My driving instructor told me that you can go 5 over and the cops usually don't care. Well, at least around here. Whenever I'm with people they are paranoid that a cop that passes you in the other lane is going to turn around. Here they're lazy. You know you're jealous. I don't help out with the farm anymore, because my brother took it over and fired me. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it. Yeah the only time i've gotten a ticket was going 21 over the speed limit. From then on I try to stay within a reasonable speed. So I think they just go after really excessive speeding. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:13 PM
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poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
QUOTE(BanDaSnowman @ Jul 21 2008, 11:03 PM) Yeah thats why I always drive faster if they tail me. I'm surprised that ppl tail my bumper even when I go 10 over. I usually try to but im still all new at driving and im always afraid that something is going to happen. And in some parts its especially hard because they are doing construction on road (which happens to be underconsrtuction during the worst time when its tourist season) so you can go that fast and i always have asstards trailing me and its frightening knowing that they could hit you if you have to make a sudden stop. not to mention today some girl came out from behind a wall, not looking to see any cars come and i almost f**king hit her because she was to dense to look over. Not only that she wasnt even startled and just kept walking. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:14 PM
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I got really lucky a couple of weeks ago, because pretty much everyone on the road was speeding even though everyone knows there are always cops on it. Anyway, a cop was suddenly behind me and I was about to freak, but then he went around and pulled over the car in front of me. I'm not too sure what law they were breaking aside from the speed limit, but at least I didn't get a ticket.
Are red light cameras getting pretty common everywhere? Those things scare me too. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:33 PM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
No one here knows what an accelerator is, and when you brake a lot you waste gas, so that doesn't make sense. When I drive in the city I only get about 35 mpg, as apposed to on the interstate, where I get 40 mpg.
Dumb people shouldn't be allowed to drive. |
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Jul 21 2008, 10:35 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
No shit. If you step on the accelerator you waste gas as well.
 Besides with your statement, why do you own a license then.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:40 PM
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omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
Well when you don't use an accelerator consistently it does waste gas in most cases. Also I own a license because I'm so stupid my sole purpose of driving is to run everyone off the road and ride everywhere with my right signal on.
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Jul 21 2008, 10:55 PM
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haha. i drive too slow.
but im still doing instructional driving :] last time i did 30 on carpool -___- |
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Jul 21 2008, 11:32 PM
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poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
QUOTE(xbanana @ Jul 21 2008, 11:55 PM) haha. i drive too slow. but im still doing instructional driving :] last time i did 30 on carpool -___- I drive pretty slow at times. Especially at night. I remember i was going 30-40 at a 55mph zone but no one was around it was out in the middle of nowhere it was about 12am coming from a friends cottage and i had to be the Designated driver XD |
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Jul 22 2008, 02:25 AM
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I go the speed limit, if not I'm usually doing five over. As for gas conservation, I avoid accelerating rapidly or pedal-to-the-metal type accelerating, that guzzles up a lot of gas. And I do a lot of coasting around the city. I hit the gas pedal for a few seconds and let it glide the rest of the way unless I want to speed up.
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