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Subject: Re: Advise for US East to West trip Posted on: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:34:09 -0400

Icono Clast wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> He has about 2500 miles to drive, according to Garmin. He has 6
>> days to do it in. At 50 MPH that's 50 hours of on the road time.
>
> Yes, ROAD time, not DRIVING time!

If you're not in the car with the car in gear and the engine running
you're not driving.

> If I drive 80mph for 12 hours to
> end the day three hundred miles from where I started, I've averaged
> 50mph.

No, you've averaged 80 mph.

> Why? Because I stopped to look at every historical monument,
> drove the main streets and visited the main square of every little
> town; I provided myself and my ride with fuel and took some time to
> expel the waste products from my fueling, etc.

Then you didn't drive 80 mph for 12 hours. You drove 80 mph for 3
hours 45 minutes and spent 8 hours 15 minutes sightseeing.


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