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From: wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors and Legality
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Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 21:14:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 17 21:14:25 1984
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> 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.

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