JamesStep@gmail.com wrote:
>>> AAA suggests that 50 miles per hour of driving is a realistic
>>> average on long trips when you factor in the things mentioned
>>> above.
> .
>> This is ridiculous. Cannonball Baker drove a loaded 2 ton truck...
>> The current record is...
>
> AAA was talking about average drivers who make typical stops for food,
> gas, rest rooms, etc., and encounter occasional slowdowns due to
> construction work and so forth.
And the time available for the trip is 3 times that that Cannonball
achieved in a 1926 vintage truck, loaded, on 1926 vintage roads. And
the vehicle to be used is presumably a 21st century car, with four or
more lane controlled-access highways the whole way.
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