XPost: tx.guns, ca.driving, sac.politics   
   XPost: oc.general   
   From: mygarbagecan@verizon.net   
      
   "The Real Bev"  wrote in message news:k2ri1t$9e7$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 09/12/2012 03:31 PM, jgar the jorrible wrote:   
      
   > On Sep 12, 1:32 pm, Patrick Scheible  wrote:   
   >> jgar the jorrible  writes:   
   >> > 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.   
   >>   
   >> > 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.   
      
   #Wouldn't it have been simpler to just make a law against being stupid?   
      
   > Yeah, 1950's brakes were more of a suggestion to stop.  Nowadays,   
   > brakes are cheaper than trannies,   
      
   # Brakes were ALWAYS cheaper than trannies.   
      
   Yes.  My car has auto transmission but is capable of manual up/down   
   shifting.  While downshifting on a steep mountain grade, that thought jumped   
   into my mind.   
      
   I'd much rather replace the car's brakes than replace the tranny.   
      
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