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   From: joel-garry@home.com   
      
   On Sep 12, 1:32 pm, Patrick Scheible  wrote:   
   > jgar the jorrible  writes:   
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   > > On Sep 11, 6:38 pm, Steve Rothstein    
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   > >> Not coasting stops, but coasting at all. Like in putting the car in   
   > >> neutral while going downhill. It used to be called "Georgia overdrive".   
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   > >> In Texas, it is Transportation Code Section 545.406:   
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   > >> 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.   
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   > >> Steve Rothstein   
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   > > Ah thanks, that was the clue I needed!  Search CA vehicle code for   
   > > coasting, no dice, but search for coast:   
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   > > 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.   
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   > > 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...   
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   > 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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   > -- Patrick   
      
   Yeah, 1950's brakes were more of a suggestion to stop.  Nowadays,   
   brakes are cheaper than trannies, though I have had issues with rotors   
   warping.  But even there, on many newer cars, you don't even turn   
   rotors any more, just replace with the pads.  But of course, you still   
   see runaway ramps with large truck occupants.   
      
   I doubt if the politicians of the day had any foresight how quickly a   
   Porsche from this century can stop from 100mph, 9 times in a row:   
   http://media.caranddriver.com/files/the-power-to-stoptech-stuff-   
   he-power-to-stop-performance-cars-100-to-0-mph-panic-stop.pdf   
   Even regular cars are way better: http://www.caranddriver.com/fe   
   tures/the-power-to-stop   
      
   I'm chuckling at the thought of all those smug Prius owners being   
   hypermiling scofflaws.   
      
   jg   
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