Path: utzoo!dciem!tim
From: tim@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Tim Pointing)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Highway Driving Rules
Keywords: speed limits = wasted gas, wasted time
Message-ID: <1693@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca>
Date: 5 May 89 11:30:21 GMT
References: <89Apr26.134028edt.9320@ois.db.toronto.edu> <440@bnr-fos.UUCP> <1989Apr27.112604.11727@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1730@yunexus.UUCP> <3166@looking.UUCP> <9522@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: tim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Tim Pointing)
Distribution: ont
Organization: Defence and Civil Institute of Environmantal Medicine
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In article <9522@watcgl.waterloo.edu> kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (Kim Nguyen) writes:
>In article <3166@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>>I believe that somebody
>>once calculated that when the US reduced from 70 to 55, thus making
>>everybody's trips take 25% longer, you actually got a bad result.
>
>Then, the gasoline consumption argument for lowered speed limits is
>silly too, since you WASTE 25% more gas just running your car for 25%
>longer getting there...

Alas, this argument falls down when you look at the math of the situation.
The cars mileage (kilometreage?) goes up as you slow down from 70 to 55.
Since the distance you are travelling has not changed, you will will
actually use less gas running your car for longer.

	distance / mileage(mpg) = gas_used

	  CONST  /    INCR      =>  DECR

just my .04 litres worth
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