gmcunni
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in a 55 zone?
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Do you use cruise control?
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in a 55 zone?
Abubob
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Depends on traffic but almost always. Also my wife uses the cruise with her manual 5 speed RAV. NH staties I think are tolerant to 10 mph over so 70 to 75 on I93 is cool.
hammer
Active member
It was 55 at the time...I-84 east of Hartford. Fortunately that road has a 65 limit now.
Not too surprising to get nabbed for going 70+ in a 55, IMHO...
SKIQUATTRO
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all the time...73-75 highway and use it on VT backroads to nail down the speed limit..
o3jeff
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For the most part I'll just try and keep with the flow of traffic.
hammer
Active member
True...but my experience was that CT state troopers had a greater presence and a tighter threshold. Guess I'm used to Mass where people routinely go 70-75 on roads where the limit is 55.
FWIW NJ seems even more strict...
gmcunni
Active member
highways I live with the limit+9 rule. limit +5ish on back roads in VT where they pick on out of staters.
hammer
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Maybe MA Lt Gov Murray should have been using cruise control...
http://www.boston.com/Boston/politi...4PPxUcuG2PM4QzsS8lNJ/index.html?p1=News_links
http://www.boston.com/Boston/politi...4PPxUcuG2PM4QzsS8lNJ/index.html?p1=News_links
C-Rex
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I find on back roads in VT, as long as you go slow through residential and commercial areas, you can get away with a little speeding on those open rural stretches.
On the highway, if there's very little traffic, I stay with the +9 rule. If a faster driver goes by I may follow him at a distance and slightly slower to pick up time. Let that guy find where the little oinkers are hiding!!
I use cruise but only if there's very little traffic. I can't stand people that constantly speed up and slow down and I have to keep hitting the brakes.
gmcunni
Active member
yes
yup, I can remember my dad doing this his entire life. He would call the guy in front the "rabbit".
gmcunni
Active member
yup, I can remember my dad doing this his entire life. He would call the guy in front the "rabbit".
i call the blockers
I think I'm usually the rabbit or blocker... :-?
Seriously though, if someone is traveling faster than me I'll happily let them go by and then follow them from a safe distance at around the same speed.
Seriously though, if someone is traveling faster than me I'll happily let them go by and then follow them from a safe distance at around the same speed.
ctenidae
Active member
Me, too. I'm generally happy to be the second fastest car on the road.
drjeff
Well-known member
That's the way to go! What I HATE is when i'm the rabbit, and then someone comes cruising up on my rear bumper, so I get out of their way to let them into rabbit position and then they WON'T move into rabbit position and i'm now stuck in the middle/right lane
If you want to be the rabbit, great. If you want to let someone else be the rabbit, then stay at a reasonable distance back of the rabbit!!!
That's the way to go! What I HATE is when i'm the rabbit, and then someone comes cruising up on my rear bumper, so I get out of their way to let them into rabbit position and then they WON'T move into rabbit position and i'm now stuck in the middle/right lane
Yes, that is no good. Sometimes I'm hesitant to let them pass unless I have ample room in the right/middle lane to retake them if necessary.
Hawkshot99
Active member
In my truck I use the cruise all of the time. Even just daily driving which includes no highway.
I even went and installed a sorta cruise control on my motorcycle. It is not real cruise control like in a car, but locks the throttle in a certain position.
I even went and installed a sorta cruise control on my motorcycle. It is not real cruise control like in a car, but locks the throttle in a certain position.
darent
Active member
Use CC on uncrowded highways, do the +9 routine. I really hate it when I get passed and the car pulls in front of me and slows down, what is with that!!
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