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A New Entry for the Sloth Glossary: The -5 Sloth
Scott en Aztlán wrote: > Here's an as-yet-unnamed subcategory of Sloth: the -5 Sloth. The -5 > Sloth drives around everywhere at 5 MPH below the posted speed limit. > Unlike other kinds of Sloths which are generally oblivious to their > surroundings, the -5 Sloth is aware of what the speed limit is - it > just chooses to drive 5 notches slower. Tucson is the capital of the > -5 Sloth, but you see them everywhere in the US (and, I'm sure, other > countries as well). I get stuck behind these people all the time here in S.E. Michigan on two lane surface roads which typically have 45-50 mph limit. The BIG problem is that you get screwed out of making the lights at every mile since they are timed for driving the speed limit. |
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A New Entry for the Sloth Glossary: The -5 Sloth
"Larry Bud" > wrote in
oups.com: > > Scott en Aztlán wrote: >> Here's an as-yet-unnamed subcategory of Sloth: the -5 Sloth. The -5 >> Sloth drives around everywhere at 5 MPH below the posted speed limit. >> Unlike other kinds of Sloths which are generally oblivious to their >> surroundings, the -5 Sloth is aware of what the speed limit is - it >> just chooses to drive 5 notches slower. Tucson is the capital of the >> -5 Sloth, but you see them everywhere in the US (and, I'm sure, other >> countries as well). > > I get stuck behind these people all the time here in S.E. Michigan on > two lane surface roads which typically have 45-50 mph limit. The BIG > problem is that you get screwed out of making the lights at every mile > since they are timed for driving the speed limit. > > I believe some lights are timed to PREVENT "making all the lights",it's part of "traffic calming" as the traffic engineers define it. It keeps average vehicle speeds down. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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A New Entry for the Sloth Glossary: The -5 Sloth
In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> I believe some lights are timed to PREVENT "making all the lights",it's > part of "traffic calming" as the traffic engineers define it. > It keeps average vehicle speeds down. I am sure they are... however usually going faster or hammering the acceleration when caught at red can result in chaining green signals. |
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A New Entry for the Sloth Glossary: The -5 Sloth
In article >,
Brent P > wrote: >In article >, Jim Yanik wrote: > >> I believe some lights are timed to PREVENT "making all the lights",it's >> part of "traffic calming" as the traffic engineers define it. >> It keeps average vehicle speeds down. > >I am sure they are... however usually going faster or hammering the >acceleration when caught at red can result in chaining green signals. And once again "bad" behavior is rewarded and "good" punished. Why fight it? -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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