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12/11/2005 06:35:39 PM · #1 |
| You know when you use MapQuest and stuff, it'll say how many hours it will take to get to your destination? Well what speed do they consider you going, and do they take into account that you might go through towns with a lot of stoplights? I'm going 787 Miles in 11 hrs and 42 min. How fast does Mapquest think I'll be driving? (all major highway) |
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12/11/2005 06:37:12 PM · #2 |
they go by the speed limit on the roads i believe, I know the time they set from Flint, Mi to Toronto is correct when going the speed limit.
The average speed you'd be going at 787 miles in 11hr 42min would be 67mph.
Message edited by author 2005-12-11 18:39:21. |
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12/11/2005 06:37:35 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Tom:
You know when you use MapQuest and stuff, it'll say how many hours it will take to get to your destination? Well what speed do they consider you going, and do they take into account that you might go through towns with a lot of stoplights? I'm going 787 Miles in 11 hrs and 42 min. How fast does Mapquest think I'll be driving? (all major highway) |
That works out to 65 mph, give or take.
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12/11/2005 06:39:13 PM · #4 |
| So if I have a radar detector, a sports car, and crazy music playing how long do you think I could cut off of those 12 hrs? |
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12/11/2005 06:40:18 PM · #5 |
Same way i make it in a lot less... Watch for cops.. follow the second fastest person on the road ::wink::
Originally posted by Tom:
So if I have a radar detector, a sports car, and crazy music playing how long do you think I could cut off of those 12 hrs? |
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12/11/2005 06:40:36 PM · #6 |
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12/11/2005 06:47:21 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Jammur:
(787/702)*60= 60mph +- |
Your calculator is broke. :(
I drove from LA to Sacramento a couple years back in about 4 hours. I think the average speed calculation was 96mph. Back when I lived in California, I used di53's method all the and barely took my eyes off the rearview mirror except to occasionally see what was in front of me.
Did I mention I still got LOTS of tickets? |
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12/11/2005 06:56:35 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Jammur:
(787/702)*60= 60mph +- |
Your calculator is broke. :(
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nope, mental arithmetic just ain't what it used to be :(
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12/11/2005 06:58:01 PM · #9 |
::smacks Ken:: shhhhhhhhhh you're not supposed to mention them!!
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Jammur:
(787/702)*60= 60mph +- |
Your calculator is broke. :(
I drove from LA to Sacramento a couple years back in about 4 hours. I think the average speed calculation was 96mph. Back when I lived in California, I used di53's method all the and barely took my eyes off the rearview mirror except to occasionally see what was in front of me.
Did I mention I still got LOTS of tickets? |
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12/11/2005 06:58:22 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Jammur:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Jammur:
(787/702)*60= 60mph +- |
Your calculator is broke. :(
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nope, mental arithmetic just ain't what it used to be :( |
Maybe you use one of those "legally correct" calculators that restricts the result to within the legal speed limit.
Go have a salad. :) |
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12/11/2005 07:07:53 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Jammur:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by Jammur:
(787/702)*60= 60mph +- |
Your calculator is broke. :(
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nope, mental arithmetic just ain't what it used to be :( |
Maybe you use one of those "legally correct" calculators that restricts the result to within the legal speed limit.
Go have a salad. :) |
67.2649572695........... :)
Feel better?
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12/11/2005 07:12:27 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Jammur:
67.2649572695........... :)Feel better? |
67.264957264957264957264957264957
Now I do. :)
How was the salad? |
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12/11/2005 07:14:23 PM · #13 |
| I took my mom to Charlevoix, MI from Jackson, MI yesterday. Mapquest says 4 hrs 8 mins. Took me 3.5 hrs. No traffic, no cops. And oh ... I fly! :) |
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12/11/2005 07:15:28 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by LadeeM:
And oh ... I fly! :) |
You don't look like a witch... |
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12/11/2005 07:21:14 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by LadeeM:
And oh ... I fly! :) |
You don't look like a witch... |
Neither did Samantha Stevens.... |
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12/11/2005 07:22:09 PM · #16 |
| She didn't say she was using a broom, just flying Air LadeeM. |
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12/11/2005 07:23:44 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by LadeeM:
I took my mom to Charlevoix, MI from Jackson, MI yesterday. Mapquest says 4 hrs 8 mins. Took me 3.5 hrs. No traffic, no cops. And oh ... I fly! :) |
Guess we hear from SR-71 jockeys now :)
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12/11/2005 08:24:05 PM · #18 |
I drove from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA in just over 11 hours. Average speed was something like 87mph. That includes stopping for gas, food and peeing.
I don't drive that fast anymore.
Message edited by author 2005-12-11 20:24:21.
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12/12/2005 12:11:03 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
She didn't say she was using a broom, just flying Air LadeeM. |
LOL ... my mom was hangin on for dear life! :) |
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