How fast do you drive on the Interstate?
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Just pony up for the vanity ISU plate - there is no county designation on there, just says "Cyclones" at the bottom. Problem solved! (Assuming the cops can't bust you for covering that up...)
You can be pulled over for obstructing any letter or number on a license plate in Iowa, even the "Cyclones" at the bottom of a vanity plate, or part of the "I" in Iowa that protrudes upwards toward the top of the plate.
You serious? What are you driving that has a 15mpg difference between 80 and 60?
If I came up on you on the Interstate and you were going 60, I would expect to see an 80 year-old behind the wheel.
I drive a 2012 Ford Escape. I get anywhere between 21-24 mpg while going 80mph, and get anywhere between 33-36mpg while drive 60 (on the interstate, anyway; it's more like 28-30 on 2-lanes since those aren't as flat as the interstate). At least that's what the on-board computer tells me. It might not be 100% accurate, but it'd still be a pretty big difference.
And believe me, I don't blame you for expecting to see a senior citizen behind the wheel. It took a massive amount of pride-swallowing for me to stop rolling at 80 on I-80. If my job paid a little better, I might not have dropped quite so far and just stuck to about 70. But I've got to squeeze the most out of every drop of gas right now.
I stop accelerating once the car starts shaking. J/K Usually just 5 over (10 if I'm not paying attention). Funny thing about my driving that a friend of mine pointed out, is that I accelerate pretty fast until I get to the speed limit, then I just maintain speed. Kind of odd, but I did notice that I indeed do that. Odd...
For those of you complaining about drivers in the left lane: give people time to pass. If I'm passing someone going 60mph, I'm not going to speed up to 90mph, just because you're in a hurry. Tailgating me will only make me slower.
OK, I won't condone tailgating, but hanging next to a car with a very small speed differential is poor driving. It depends on your speed, but in that situation, if you're going 61 MPH, f*** you. If you're going 65 or more, the person behind can wait. That's the thing that I've learned to hate about midwest drivers, it seems they're in 2 camps...either they don't use their cruise control and they vary their speed according to a random number generator, or they use their cruise control, and they won't ever effing vary from that speed, no matter what's going on. Passing a construction site, sorry, cruise is set at 61. Passing someone going 60...sorry, cruise is set at 61.
I am from Ankeny and usually drive 5-7 over. If I'm texting, I usually drive 5-7 under.
I-35 in the AM between Ankeny and Ames is the worst. Just about everyone figures as long as they are going 3 over, they are automatically going faster then everyone else and in turn dont ever need to get out of the left lane. There are also people who will get in the left lane, make a pass, see a semi about 1/2 mile ahead, and think "well I'm eventually going to have to pass this semi, so I might as well stay in the left lane"
Its pretty simple...the left lane is used for passing. Once you pass, you get back into the right lane. If everyone did this, traffic flow would be 10x better.
A lot of people were cruising the left lane on my drive from Ames to the QC today, PMO.
There are a lot of things I do wrong when I drive but I can honestly say I've never held up another car by being in the passing lane unless someone was in front of me.
The problem is driver education. I've probably driven 1,000 miles on foreign highways and not once experienced this problem. If I drive 3 miles on I35 I'll experience it.
The problem is driver education. I've probably driven 1,000 miles on foreign highways and not once experienced this problem. If I drive 3 miles on I35 I'll experience it.
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