A New Category of Sloth 3320On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:07:02 -0800, Scott en Aztl‡n Isn't it fun having a high performance car, tho? These guys that deliberately drive slowly just to pee other...
I agree, with the following caveat: confine your Sloth Coasting to lanes where you will not block other vehcles from being able to enter left- or right-turn pockets. I can't count the number of turn arrows I have missed because some Sloth Coaster thought only about himself and his precious gas mileage-brake linings when deciding how early to begin slowing down for a traffic signal.
A New Category of Sloth 3321Brent P How so? My job is to drive my vehicle, safely. The ever-increasing number of drivers driving ever-increasingly unsafely means I have...
Kindly explain why you care. They're my brakes, and I'll smoke 'em if I wanna.
Just as I get a lot of enjoyment when I fly past some Sloth Coaster, change lanes in front of him, and fly through the light just as it turns green (or, at the very least, I get to Pole Position at the stop line and can proceed unfettered when the light does change).
My goal is to get where I'm going at the highest possible average speed.
LOL!
You mean math like integrating to find the area beneath an acceleration curve?
Actually, you Sloth Coasters should hate ALL sensor-controlled intersections. Because the lights are not controlled by timers, it's impossible for you to determine a speed at which you can coast and still maximize your ability to hit green lights. Instead, you end up just driving Slothily everywhere with no real benefit.
