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Originally Posted by Mark E Smith
Well around here they have slowed down. I am finding more people drive significantly under the 70 miles per hour speed limit, many appear to be "hypermiling". When people pass me they dont floor it and they usually only go about 10 miles per hour faster than me.
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I've finally noticed some easing off around here too. While we are used to paying more for gas here, we recently hit the equivalent of $4.75/gallon ($1.25/L). Last weekend's long drive I stuck to about 5mph over the limits and was generally surprised to end up grouping with other cars, and those passing were generally sticking to 10 over. Normally 10-15mph over would be considered normal for the slower drivers. There are still some that have a love affair with both their pedals though, we'll see if that changes when it hits ~$5 which should be, oh, next month some time...
My new bumper sticker will be:
"Keep driving your gas guzzlers. I own energy stocks, thanks for your donation to my retirement fund"