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   XPost: tx.guns, ca.driving, sac.politics   
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   From: kkt@zipcon.net   
      
   jgar the jorrible  writes:   
      
   > 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...   
      
   Having the car in gear keeps it from gaining speed so quickly.  If you   
   get going too fast on a downgrade and you try to stop with just brakes,   
   the brakes can fail.   
      
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