I test mine at least 10 times every time I drive
Whats your best driving tip?
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I test mine at least 10 times every time I drive
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Yeah the horn doesn't work on one of my trucks. Very irritating. I can't remember if it doesn't work or if maybe I forgot to hook it back up after working on it. I couldn't ever get the nut loose on the horn for some reason.
Hermann
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Saw this in a UPS delivery brown truck many decades ago. "Aim High in Steering"
Hermann
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A few years back a gentlemen posted in the auto section in the Kansas City Star that a trip to St Louis from Kansas City in a Buick LeSabre got 8 more MPG at 65 vs 75 mph. I believe it was the 3.8L V-6 in the Buick. He said his relatives in another car only arrived at the destination 10 min earlier despite the 10 mph faster speed.
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what does that mean?
The difference should be about 31 minutes, assuming 250 miles driven. 3.33 hours vs. 3.85 hours.
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Depends on traffic. The faster car could have had to slow down or stop for a wreck or something allowing for them to catch up and basically arrive at the same time.
When merging onto the freeway, know and use your accelerator pedal.
Or he stopped to pee several times. Small bladder.
The more stuffed animals on the rear shelf, statues, bobbleheads, etc. on the dash, preachy bumper stickers, the wider berth I give them on the roads.... This has served me well.
Jeep ducks excluded...so far
Jeep ducks excluded...so far
One or two stickers, not a huge issue. But yeah cars with 20+?? Back the heck off - and no I will not read any of them.The more stuffed animals on the rear shelf, statues, bobbleheads, etc. on the dash, preachy bumper stickers, the wider berth I give them on the roads.... This has served me well.
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How to read a corner. If the farthest point of the road you can still see is approaching you, be slowing. If it’s moving away from you, be accelerating.
Hermann
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maybe someone needed a pit stop?
Hermann
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I really don't know the exact meaning, don't work for UPS. My "guess" is what my drivers ed instructor in 1970 said, look out at the road as far as you can see, not at the 5 ft of pavement right in front of you.
All of the above, and....
STORY:
A man with one eye mentioned that he had never been in a crash.
I answered, "Great. I bet with only one eye you've learned to keep your head moving".
Always, always, always look around. Endeavor to see it all. Mirrors, clean glazing fogs less, etc.
A NEW ONE:
Drive in misty, grey, rain, fog, snow squalls, twilight?
Use yellow glasses as they absolutely help you peer through the dangerous atmosphere.
Makes driving WAY LESS STRESSFUL. You still have to do all the other smart things.
DASH CAM VIDEOS:
Speed: Many DO NOT slow down, underscoring the high percentage of bad drivers there are.
STORY:
A man with one eye mentioned that he had never been in a crash.
I answered, "Great. I bet with only one eye you've learned to keep your head moving".
Always, always, always look around. Endeavor to see it all. Mirrors, clean glazing fogs less, etc.
A NEW ONE:
Drive in misty, grey, rain, fog, snow squalls, twilight?
Use yellow glasses as they absolutely help you peer through the dangerous atmosphere.
Makes driving WAY LESS STRESSFUL. You still have to do all the other smart things.
DASH CAM VIDEOS:
Speed: Many DO NOT slow down, underscoring the high percentage of bad drivers there are.
Either he drove 75, or he didn't. Apparently he didn't.
This is how I handle 4-way stops. We all want to get through and on with life. If there's a way two opposing people can go straight simultaneously, great. It's the "considerate" person who waves others through out of order that causes seconds of underutilization of the intersection, and also disturbs the natural flow that was going before they got in the way.
Being unpredictable is a root cause of some crashes - here yes, people how waive their RoW to others, can't stand it. I never take it. I stare at them until they go when they have the RoW/are next in order with 4 way stops, etc.
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My dad was notorious for stopping on a busy street to wave pedestrians across, or to let drivers on side streets sneak across or cut in. He's really lucky he never got rear-ended.
