Comments on: Cops: "Hypermiling" Often Risky, Illegal

AAA Agrees; Master Hypermiler Clarifies Suggested Techniques, Tells Motorists To Steer Clear Of Dangerous Maneuvers

[magoo2u1]

"2, figure out a non-lethal way to get the wing-nut drivers out of the left lane as they drive 5 mph below the speed limit. As cars get stacked up a mile long; it sickens me to see miles of empty road ahead of these idiots with no way to get there."

READ your driver''s manual. On a US interstates ALL lanes are traffic lanes. The far left is not for passing only, they are not the autoban. Slower traffic should keep right as a courtesy. It is not a law.
If the right lane is moving 55 and I am doing 65 in a 70mph zone I''m not reducing speed to 55 so a jackass like you can get where he is going quicker. Screwe you. Getting dangerously close to my bumper will get you a visit from THE MAN ''cause I''ve called in road rage morons with my cell phone and saw the cops pull them over for it. You better obey the LAW. Not your mythology on road travel.

[jonathan1cas]

Hypermiling is easy and legal with the correct equipment. Get a Prius or Chvey Volt. Stopping the engine while driving, also called freewheeling, is illegal yet it is part of the operation, thus legal, on these cars.

If you like to save money, gas and insurance payments and help the American economy then look seriously at GM-volt.com

Jonathan Cassidy
I will sell my Prius to get a Volt
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I am an urban real estate associate broker with a bus pass in my pocket.

[summerrunner]

To Connecticut State Police and AAA - Get rid of Bush and his oil buddies and we won''t have to drive by hypermiling!

[observer2020]

Awww...you mean that drafting a big rig is not legal? It sure does save on gas. And thanks CBS for giving me new ideas.

Anybody that had great ideas on how to improve mileage has been paid off to keep their ideas to themselves by the big companies. Just to keep the gas mileage low and as prices soar.

[newview08]

This behavior is dangerous, there''s no debating it. I''ve been behind these people as they''re shifting their cars in and out of gear to coast downhill, watching them sway in the lane. I''ve seen them backing up cars twenty deep in a selfish attempt to time the green lights, making other drivers angry and more agressive behind the wheel who just want to do the speed limit. I''ve observed people nearly causing collisions trying to merge onto the freeway in rush hour traffic with the cruise control on and set to 60 MPH. And they want me to buy a small car? No chance, I want to be safe. These people are almost like debris on the streets the way they drive. The police should go after these idiots hard. If you can''t afford the fuel, park your car. Don''t endanger other people on the road.

[l8c6]

then do not beotch when the usa has to fight wars in the middle east per FDR and dimmy kkkarters doctrine,,,

Posted by terrorislami

You are overly simplistic. You''re stupid right wing divisiveness is you being played by special interests. The nuts you support have made us more dependent putting oil profits through over consumption ahead of common sense. Jimmy Carter wanted conservation and to reduce out dependence on foreign oil. That is not a right wing family value. The right wing is the party of greed, excess, waste and the destruction of all ideals from the american revolution.

[barbaram99]

Ye want blame somebodies for the middle east. Then blame our leaders. They are the ones ordered it. While we are at it, drive safely and ye won''t , then walk and take the bus. I AM TIRED OF ASRES RUNNING THE WALK LIGHTS. get the cars off the roads.

[lorinkundert]

"According to the U.S. Department of Energy, gas mileage typically decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. Every 5 mph that a driver goes above 60 mph is like paying an additional 30 cents per gallon of gas, according to the government."

Wrong, I have seen my full tank go from 300 to 355 miles per fill up by staying above 60 where my transmission overdrive is most efficient.

[afmca]

I have some great ideas to increase mileage:
1. if you are on the East Coast heading north try to avoid Delaware at all costs. The stretch between the Maryland border and the NJ Turnpike is criminal. If you want to see you gas gauge heads towards E while not moving, try Delaware.
2, figure out a non-lethal way to get the wing-nut drivers out of the left lane as they drive 5 mph below the speed limit. As cars get stacked up a mile long; it sickens me to see miles of empty road ahead of these idiots with no way to get there.

If you want to drive slow either keep to the right or don''t drive on highways. Stay on the side streets.

[doctormark2]

There are many legal hypermiling techniques that help fuel economy greatly. A gentle foot on the accelerator and brake helps enormously. Driving ahead also helps greatly. If you are on a road with traffic lights and you see that the light ahead is read, take your foot off the gas and coast into the light. If it changes to green before you get there, you will be able to keep rolling. Even if it doesn''t, you have saved some gas by coasting in. On downhill grades take your foot off the gas. Downshift to control your speed if needed.

On the freeways keep your speed at or below the limit.

I''ve increased my mileage up to 50% using these techniques.

[doctormark2]

There are many legal hypermiling techniques that help fuel economy greatly. A gentle foot on the accelerator and brake helps enormously. Driving ahead also helps greatly. If you are on a road with traffic lights and you see that the light ahead is read, take your foot off the gas and coast into the light. If it changes to green before you get there, you will be able to keep rolling. Even if it doesn''t, you have saved some gas by coasting in. On downhill grades take your foot off the gas. Downshift to control your speed if needed.

On the freeways keep your speed at or below the limit.

I''ve increased my mileage up to 50% using these techniques.

[dan400man]

"These folks who are extremists, apparently they get 70, 80, 90 miles a gallon..."

WOW!!! No WONDER these people are trying to do these stupid things--what a PAYOFF!!

Of course, common sense should tell you that NOTHING is worth risking your LIFE for--even higher gas mileage!!
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Posted by feddupp at 10:54 AM : Jun 30, 2008

The 70+ MPG numbers are probably grossly overexaggerated. Kinda like they need to justify their reckless behavior, so they pad their numbers.

I also find it hard to believe that the AAA spokesperson even mentioned those numbers. You know some idiots reading her comments are going to experiment, regardless of the dire warnings in the article. What the he11 was she thinking?

[avenger09123]

Outstanding view of what people are doing to increase their gas mileage and how dangerous it is...but out of all the articles on any news station, you never see any articles about what cops do illegally on the roads. I understand there is an acceptable threshold to do what must be done to catch a criminal, but beyond that is criminal itself...

[freckster]

I crossed Alligator Alley in the draft of a semi one time; literally nose to tail. I had no gas due to an incredibly strong headwind coming across to Miami in the morning; the trip is usually made on less than a tank of gas. It was amazing how that truck pulled me across the alley on a teaspoon of fuel. It was white knuckle all the way and I wouldn''t do it again. I would allow myself the time I didn''t have that day to refuel. I know I was lucky I made it (in so many ways).

[andor3]

"I guess Jimmy, the nuclear physicist was right on track 30 plus years ago and billions of barrels of wasted crude oil natural resources later. "

yes it is true--hindsight is clear and visionaries are often laughed when ahead of their time.

Reagan was the start of the downward spiral of deregulation and corporate greed continued under Bush I and II.

I think people are realizing we need to rollback to pre-Reagan to save the country. The Bushes were bad but undoing what they did is not enough.

[feddupp]

"These folks who are extremists, apparently they get 70, 80, 90 miles a gallon..."

WOW!!! No WONDER these people are trying to do these stupid things--what a PAYOFF!!

Of course, common sense should tell you that NOTHING is worth risking your LIFE for--even higher gas mileage!!

[talkingham]

Bush allowing the oil speculators to literally run wild during his watch is our biggest problem, not the terrorists funded by Bush''s Saudi buddies. It''s economic terrorism compeltely condoned by Bush. As you pay $6/gallon later this year let me know how this is affecting America. Ruining our economy is Bush''s greatest example of Mission Accomplished.

For the complete idiots on this forum who blame envirnmental initiatives as the cause of any of these problems U "people" need to crawl out of your holes and look at the Great Decider has done to this nation. He''s not an idiot. He and his father both believe in the "New World Order" where big oil and big billinaires dictate to the world what is best to keep these liars and thieves in power.

[l8c6]

One of the 1st things Ronald Reagan did as president was rip apart all of the green energy initiatives and directions Carter had set up in the late 1970''''s during the last big oil scare...
With in a few years Reagan had everyone enjoying cheap gas and SUV''''s.... With hindsight being 20/20... will we allow this ot happen again ???

Posted by ddaryl1

I think we will. Most people are gullible sheep. How else do Christian evangelical faux prophets become multi-millionaires preaching the selective ludicrousness from the old testament they do whilst claiming to just love Jesus and conveniently ignore every other word Jesus spoke of in the new testament? These faux prophets mock Jimmy Carter because they are being paid by someone to preach a right wing corporate rhetoric that is designed to exploit to the peril of posterity and line the pockets of an extreme gluttonous minority.

The arabs opened up the pipes and made oil cheap and we went from 30% dependent on foreign oil to 60%. White men born and raised in this country have committed treason before for personal gain and the white men, the devils who have filled those corrupted seats in Washington D.C. have committed treason against the posterity and integrity of the U.S. Are they short sighted unto their own best interests? Maybe, greed is said to be blinding.

[jumkey]

WHAT? You''re trying to save gas?

How will that stuff money in the pockets of the oil companies and the Republican Party?

IT''S ILLEGAL TO SAVE GAS!! And the Republicans will lock you up if you try to do so.

Had enough America? Like 4 more years of Bush/Republicanism? Because they WANT $10 gas - they NEED $10 gas.

If McSame is elected gas will be $10 by the end of his first year in office. It''s PLANNED.

[l8c6]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, gas mileage typically decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. Every 5 mph that a driver goes above 60 mph is like paying an additional 30 cents per gallon of gas, according to the government.


------a walk down memory lane. Ronald Reagan, Hollywood cowboy hero number one made fun of Jimmy Carter along with the other right wing neo con republican libertarians. Ronnie arrogantly boosted highway speeds and the right wing corporate/religion/government colluding hoes pushed SUVs creating a greater dependency on foreign oil in the interim. We went from 30% to 60% dependency in the years since Carter.

I guess Jimmy, the nuclear physicist was right on track 30 plus years ago and billions of barrels of wasted crude oil natural resources later.