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   From: joel-garry@home.com   
      
   On Sep 11, 6:38 pm, Steve Rothstein    
   wrote:   
      
   > Not coasting stops, but coasting at all. Like in putting the car in   
   > neutral while going downhill. It used to be called "Georgia overdrive".   
   >   
   > In Texas, it is Transportation Code Section 545.406:   
   >   
   > Sec. 545.406.  COASTING. (a) An operator moving on a downgrade may not   
   > coast with the gears or transmission of the vehicle in neutral.   
   > (b)  An operator of a truck, tractor, or bus moving on a downgrade may   
   > not coast with the clutch disengaged.   
   >   
   > Steve Rothstein   
      
   Ah thanks, that was the clue I needed!  Search CA vehicle code for   
   coasting, no dice, but search for coast:   
      
   ARTICLE 2. Additional Driving Rules [21700. - 21721.]   
     ( Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )   
   21710.   
   The driver of a motor vehicle when traveling on down grade upon any   
   highway shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral.   
      
   That was a law I had no clue I was violating.  So much for   
   hypermiling.  Makes you wonder what happened in the 50's to create   
   such a law... Hot Rod Lincoln was 1955...   
      
   jg   
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   @home.com is bogus.   
   My twin pipes are busted, I'm really in a rut,   
   one carburetors a'leakin and the other one's stuck,   
   my overdrive's slippin, it won't stand the pace,   
   my oil she's a drippin' outta the busted crankcase.   
   http://www.rockabillyhall.com/HotRodLncln1.html   
      
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