grain of salt, sorry On 1/10/08, Don Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > take my tidbits w a grain of sale please. > > regarding the adds 20 hrs of commute per year, doesn't add up. > > the way it was explained by Cal-Trans > > it's the domino effect: > > if driving on the free way, one person hits their brakes, this adds 15 > minutes to everyone behind him/her bc every car now has to brake and/or > space out, (allow space in front of them) > > so same thing w cell phones, the slow driver, cause same domino effect > > e.g. another example, I've always thought Cal-Trans should post signs near > hill upward climbs saying "use cruise control uphill", or "maintain same > speed up hill". > I travel the 60 Fwy, and it always slows, and backs up for the hills at > Montebello, (between Paramount & Wilcox) & and again at Puente Hills , (at > 605 & Turnbull Cyn), and on 605 at Rose Hills, at Beverly Blvd. > People slow down going up hill, instead of maintaing the same speed, and > hence the same domino effect. > > as for me, I pull off the freeway when I have to take a call, or let it go > to VM > > and when I see a driver on the cell, I give them a good blast of my horn > as I'm passing them (my way of saying get off the phone and drive) >
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