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Article #55256Re: GEICO's opposition to 65 mph
From: Christopher M Lott
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 16:59
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 16:59
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In article <TZENG.92Mar24173513@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov> tzeng@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) writes: >I've never seen any data to support that 55 is the optimal speed for >fuel efficiency although I did see one 1970's era report that I believe that the magic number of 55 has something to do with wind resistance. I was told that wind resistance increases much more rapidly past 55 than below it. Apparently resistance doesn't rise linearly with speed - any aero engineers that can support or debunk this fact/myth? Actually, the congressional-compromise argument rings a little more true to my ears. Also, Mr Tzeng complains that GEICO lobbies in their own interest and is in this just for the money. I don't mean to insult Mr Tzeng, but Duh, who else would they lobby for? And profit is not a dirty word. However, I agree that insurance is legal robbery - made far worse by the fact that we have NO CHOICE but to purchase it. At least we don't live in NJ, where insurance prices will simply astonish you. chris... -- Christopher Lott \/ Dept of Comp Sci, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 cml@cs.umd.edu /\ 4122 AV Williams Bldg 301 405-2721 <standard disclaimers>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,769f95e5eb227b3b X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-03-25 08:59:09 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!cml From: cml@cs.umd.edu (Christopher M Lott) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Re: GEICO's opposition to 65 mph Message-ID: <51930@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 25 Mar 92 16:59:09 GMT References: <1992Mar18.010825.7308@eng.umd.edu> <1992Mar18.131757@thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov> <TZENG.92Mar24173513@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Distribution: dc Organization: University of Maryland Dept of Computer Science Lines: 26