Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucbvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!ucbvax!wildbill From: wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Radar Detectors and Legality Message-ID: <1097@ucbvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 21:14:25 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.1097 Posted: Sun Jun 17 21:14:25 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:43:18 EDT References: <292@felix.UUCP> <809@pyuxa.UUCP> <471@drutx.UUCP> Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 25 > Around here we have lots of hills and mountains. How many drivers > of small power cars or heavy trucks pull to the right lane before > starting up a steep incline? Some do, but many do not. > Ray Davis Around here we have lots of hills and mountains, too. As a frequent driver of "small power" [sic] cars and occasional driver of motorhomes and medium weight trucks, I do not pull into the right lane before starting up a steep incline. Instead, like most savvy drivers of underpowered vehicles, I have my foot to the floor, picking up speed and getting the RPM's up to the point where I have enough torque to climb the upcoming hill as effectively as possible. I move over only after I have lost enough speed that I no longer belong in the leftward lanes. I have seen lots of professional long-haul truck drivers doing exactly the same thing. Their, and my, biggest pet peeve is a driver who doesn't maintain speed when starting up a hill, forcing them, or me, to back off or even brake. The result is a much slower climb and more strain on the engine. ____ Bill Laubenheimer ___ / \ ___ UC-Berkeley Computer Science / \ | o o | / \ ucbvax!wildbill ------+++----------()----------+++------ ...Killjoy was here!