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> BTW: this is why EPA range is not representative. Their test is at 65 mph while my un-scientific observation of highway driving tells me people drive at least
by lrem 5y ago
> BTW: this is why EPA range is not representative. Their test is at 65 mph while my un-scientific observation of highway driving tells me people drive at least 75 mph.
Wait, is this really the speed of long-distance driving in the US? I've just did the conversion and when I'm taking kids to see their grandma, we set the cruise control to 110mph for the most part.
- ncmncm 5y agoI think you must have got a bit confused. What km/hr do you think you just quoted?
- lrem 5y ago180km/h Edit: this doesn't make it my average speed, as much of the time is spent decelerating because of whatever is happening and accelerating back. The average through that 850km stretch is likely closer to 160km/h, I should measure it one day. For the curious: over the whole 3000km roundtrip I seem to be burning fuel at about 7l/100km, or 33.6mpg.
- ncmncm 5y agoOK, I concede you were serious. Is this on the Autobahn?
- lrem 5y agoYup, the only place where you can go over 140.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoMontana didn't have speed limits until 1999.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoNot sure that's quite true. They had "reasonable and prudent", IIRC, which meant that a cop could still write you a ticket for 140. If there was much other traffic around, he might have been justified in doing it.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago> They had "reasonable and prudent", IIRC Isn't that the same guidance as the Autobahn? Also, I get it for eastern MT, but my mom and step dad were living in Helena at the time, and my step dad drove way too fast for those unstraight mountain roads. It wasn't just traffic that they brought the speed limits back for.