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[FrankCB@aol.com]

Shaun,
    You're absolutely correct!  You said it much better than I did.  I 
especially like that part about all the hotshots flying by and "waiting" stopped at 
the light for you to breeze by them.(:-)
    Regards,
    Frank "appreciatively" Burkhard

In a message dated 5/15/04 3:16:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
shaun_mcgarvey@shaw.ca writes:
I think the point is not slowing down differently, but not slowing down "at
all" by making small throttle adjustments far in advance of lights or
slowing traffic in order to flow right along when the traffic picks up
again.
I learned how to do this very well when I was 17, in my '64 Buick Special
cvt. w/V6 because I seldom had gas money and found I could go a lot farther
this way. And gas was only about 33c/litre (about $1/gal U.S.) now it's
99.5c/litre (or roughly $4/gal). The conversion factor isn't constant
because of the Can/U.S. dollar ratio isn't), but I digress.
It's fun on two lane (in the same direction) roads because all the hotshoes
fly by you and sit at the light while you pass them back on the uptake.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun