View Poll Results: What does your daily commute look like
100% city driving
13
22.03%
close to 100% highway driving
20
33.90%
50/50
5
8.47%
more highway than city
16
27.12%
more city than highway
5
8.47%
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Your daily commute
#5
Re: Your daily commute
Mine is mostly one mile stretches of 50 mph road separated by stopsigns. The problem is, those stopsigns back up! I have one stoplight and 7 stopsigns. It's over a 9 mile commute. At least three (sometimes more) of those stopsigns, there are at least 20-30 other cars lined up as I get there. All that stop and go and creeping is what kills my FE numbers. I don't even try to play the FE game during rush hour. I just get to work and back, and try to make up for it on the weekends by doing all our long distance errands in my car.
#6
Re: Your daily commute
I have it easy, I think - 15 miles on a 2-lane at 50-55 and 20 miles on a divided 4-lane at 55-60. The speed limit on the 4-lane is 65 but everyone's pretty sane. The other thing I like is that traffic density is pretty low - on a recent day I counted (8) cars passing me on the way to work, (18) going home, all on the 4-lane - that's about a car every 3 minutes, on average. In other words, I can do my thing. Finally, there is one flashing light and one stop light on the route. There are plenty of days I can make it from my house to work without ever coming to a full stop.
I don't even have my HCH yet (early Jan), but I'm hoping to achieve some good numbers given this drive. The only downside is the snow and cold, though I have to say, 'hypermiling' sounds an awful lot like driving on snow and ice!
I don't even have my HCH yet (early Jan), but I'm hoping to achieve some good numbers given this drive. The only downside is the snow and cold, though I have to say, 'hypermiling' sounds an awful lot like driving on snow and ice!