I just spent the last two hours driving too fast, on my cell phone.

LeftyMom

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:26 AM
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I just spent the last two hours driving too fast, on my cell phone.

Does that make me a bad liberal? Does it matter that I did it in a reasonably fuel efficent car, wasn't going faster than the rest of I-80 traffic and that I used my turn signal and such? :shrug: Just wondering. I know back when gas was up not driving like a grandma meant a person was a freeper for sure, does it still?

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qnr

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:29 AM
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1. I would have paid to see someone drive on their cell phone, especially

if they were going fast.

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reyd reid reed

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:54 AM
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9. I knew I liked that mind of yours...

thinks just like mine.

:hi:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:30 AM
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2. My dear LeftyMom.........

You sound like no Freeper I ever knew......

You do what you need to.......

And don't worry about anyone else, OK?

:pals:

:hug:

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NMMNG

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:32 AM
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3. I'm an incurable lead-foot on the highway

I've been one since I began driving and I don't see it changing anytime soon. If that makes me a bad Liberal despite everything else I do that's considered indicative of being a "good Liberal" then so be it. :shrug:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:32 AM
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4. I drive my SUV fast and I talk on my cell phone.

Edited on Sun Oct-01-06 12:32 AM by haruka3_2000

*high five*

Freeper.

And I've done it with a pit bull sitting in the back.

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petronius

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:37 AM
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5. Were you towing a boat?

Personally, I think with modern, aerodynamic cars, you get better mileage at speeds above the speed limit. At least, that's what I've decided to believe...

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:40 AM
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6. Unfortunately, I wasn't.

I completely believe that you get better gas mileage above the speed limit. I have a Saab (currently uninsured, so I don't drive it) and it hit peak mileage at 80mph or so. Swedish car with an engine built in Germany. It makes sense that the car is going to hit optimum above 55mph.

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LeftyMom

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:44 AM
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7. Mine does it's best about 70-75 mph

:shrug:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Sun Oct-01-06 12:48 AM
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8. I still recommend...

towing a small boat, putting a pit bull in the back, picking up whatever the sole vegan item on the Olive Garden menu is, and talking on your cell phone, while doing 75mph to the local gun shop.

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billyskank

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Sun Oct-01-06 05:17 AM
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10. No, it makes you a bad driver

Get off the fucking phone when you're driving. If you absolutely have to make a call, find somewhere to stop. For fuck's sake.

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Skittles

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Sun Oct-01-06 06:01 AM
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11. thank you

disregard for the safety of people on the road is indefensible

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greatauntoftriplets

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Sun Oct-01-06 07:07 AM
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12. Thirded.

And the Car Talk experts disagree with the OP about driving at speeds like 80 mph.

http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1995/March/04.html

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