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suydam · October 9

And if you’re on US 40, it’s long, straight, and has very few cars (many trucks, however).

jmonroe1 · October 9

suydam said:
And if you’re on US 40, it’s long, straight, and has very few cars (many trucks, however).

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It shouldn’t take too long to zip past them. Just make sure you have enough volts to do it as often as you’d like.

jmonroe

stickguy · October 9

It’s been well documented in traffic science that people drive what they feel comfortable and safe with. Which used to be how they set speed limits. Which is why if people are already driving at their comfort limit (say 75-80) they aren’t going to go faster just because the SL was raised from 55 or 65 to 75.

andres3 · October 9

stickguy said:
It’s been well documented in traffic science that people drive what they feel comfortable and safe with. Which used to be how they set speed limits. Which is why if people are already driving at their comfort limit (say 75-80) they aren’t going to go faster just because the SL was raised from 55 or 65 to 75.

I 100% agree. People generally always drive according to conditions. Most conditions are readily apparent. Failure to adjust for conditions is a mental error.

If people do speed up it's because there are more and/or wider lanes and/or less traffic congestion, for example. Another common speed up causer is changing lanes to make them perceive you want to pass.

I've noticed this in a lot of posted You Tube videos from dash cams highlighting the disease and symptoms of the Anti-Destination league because they pass leisurely. In my own practice, I've actually rarely dealt with this phenomenon as I've had 200+ HP vehicles since 2003 and I always pre-empt the practice by passing with authority. If they speed up (and I'm sure they usually do), it's almost always already "adjusted to" by my pre-emptive passing speed.

Once in a blue moon someone will decide they want to be the faster driver and actually pass me after I passed them. I let them pass on the left.

andres3 · October 9

My brother is retiring at 51 from being a career-long firefighter of some type for about 30 years. Of course, he's been for quite a bit now unofficially retired using accumulated leave until the end of the year. He said something about COLA likely outpacing what he gained from going an extra year, so that the extra year was quote "stupid to have done."

My father did something similar retiring from being a State of CA worker and being able to use leave and sick time to retire a year later than he actually stopped working.

As a lifelong private sector worker, must be nice.

laurasdada · October 9

And speaking of auto insurance, got my renewal; ~10% increase. My agent shopped, switched back to prior provider, rate steady, maybe a few $ drop as I got a $75 credit for donating to a favored charity.

Who knew that doing good could pay?!

roadburner · October 9

The basement redecorating continues apace.

corvette · October 9

One thing that infuriates me is when someone will pull out to pass a semi and then basically match the speed of the semi for a mile or so, since it’s so safe to drive in the semi’s blind spot holding up traffic, then once they get ahead of it, they drastically speed up. Idiots.

andres3 · October 9

corvette said:
One thing that infuriates me is when someone will pull out to pass a semi and then basically match the speed of the semi for a mile or so, since it’s so safe to drive in the semi’s blind spot holding up traffic, then once they get ahead of it, they drastically speed up. Idiots.

That's when you need a sidewinder missile equipped on your vehicle.

jmonroe1 · October 9

andres3 said:

corvette said:
One thing that infuriates me is when someone will pull out to pass a semi and then basically match the speed of the semi for a mile or so, since it’s so safe to drive in the semi’s blind spot holding up traffic, then once they get ahead of it, they drastically speed up. Idiots.

That's when you need a sidewinder missile equipped on your vehicle.

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That could work but it’s only legal in CA.

jmonroe

stickguy · 3:37AM

Winter arrived up north. Only 31 out. Probably got a frost so good luck to the new grass I Was trying to grow. House must be pretty well made at least. Upstairs where it should be cooler the thermometer on my clock said it was 65. At least that downstairs. And we have the heat shut off. High yesterday was about 68 so not like a ton of stored heat either.

Very foggy too.

oldfarmer50 · 4:51AM

stickguy said:
Winter arrived up north. Only 31 out. Probably got a frost so good luck to the new grass I Was trying to grow. House must be pretty well made at least. Upstairs where it should be cooler the thermometer on my clock said it was 65. At least that downstairs. And we have the heat shut off. High yesterday was about 68 so not like a ton of stored heat either.

Very foggy too.

Grass doesn’t mind the frost, it actually grows better in cool weather. Unless some unscrupulous retailer sold you annual grass instead of perennial grass seed.

kyfdx · 4:59AM

37 F.. running the sprinklers, right now

ab348 · 5:27AM

stickguy said:
Upstairs where it should be cooler the thermometer on my clock said it was 65. At least that downstairs.

Newsflash: heat rises.

Michaell · 7:29AM

70's the next few days here in Colorado, then 60's after that. A few cool-ish days already, but waiting for true fall to arrive. It is October, after all.

My rose bushes are still blooming, this late in the year.

stickguy · 7:57AM

Regular grass loves the weather. Mostly the 2 heavy rain events. Come back to life. I am worried about the seedlings from the seed I put down. A couple of weeks ago. I heard those can die if they freeze before getting established.

andres3 · 8:10AM

ab348 said:

stickguy said:
Upstairs where it should be cooler the thermometer on my clock said it was 65. At least that downstairs.
Newsflash: heat rises.

Does Chat GPT agree with that? Say the opposite and see if it equivocates.

corvette · 8:31AM

Ugh... I work in insurance, and we're seeing a lot of claim submissions that were clearly AI generated. Suffice it to say that AI does not make a very good lawyer, although the documents it generates look good aesthetically.

andres3 · 9:35AM

corvette said:
Ugh... I work in insurance, and we're seeing a lot of claim submissions that were clearly AI generated. Suffice it to say that AI does not make a very good lawyer, although the documents it generates look good aesthetically.

I don't think Mercury has adjusters that make good lawyers, but I do think they have 100 templates for "reject Diminished value claim" so that they can respond 100 times by mail to delay you.

roadburner · 10:07AM

I'm hoping to only cut the grass two more times. I hate rain.

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