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Putting the car in neutral does not save gas. The fuel injection systems are designed to actually close off - shut off - the flow of fuel when you take your foot off the gas pedal and coast, in gear. There are some additional variables that the computer takes into account, but for all practical purposes, the injectors turn off.
One can get a felony for speeding if going just 1mph over the limit, dependent upon the circumstances.
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Heading back to the coppers, I was 'coasting', in gear, down Waikaloa road and was caught in a speed trap! It was just before the village where the speed limit changes. I did get a ticket but after writing a letter to the court for that side of the island about the difficulty or reading a radar gun on a group of cars it was reduced to $75.00 for processing the paperwork. Still expensive but I think it was dropped.
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Simple speeding (sounds strange) is not a felony, if other things become involved yes it can be. Such as are other vehicles present, where you in a crash, do somebody get hurt or killed. Yes as strange as it sound coasting is illegal, not really sure why. Traffic laws over all have some weird stuff in them. Not in Hawaii but in Florida up until about 1985 the law said that you would stop at an intersection fire a gun and wait 30 minutes to proced just in case a horse was coming. As a retired PO I hate speed traps, I view them a revenue genators and just dont think that is what the law is about. No more time then I have been able to spend on the BI I know that Waikoloa Village is a speed trap every time I go thru there I see several PO's and I always wonder the same thing WTF is that about. Most of time you see these spots because people have complained.
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Originally posted by amf217: I know that Waikoloa Village is a speed trap every time I go thru there I see several PO's and I always wonder the same thing WTF is that about.
It's probably because it's an easy spot. Probably one of those shooting fish in a barrel spots. It provides the officer good numbers indicating he/she is a go getter but requires little effort or knowledge on her/his part. Plus, rookie officers tend to be very traffic oriented as its easier to learn (traffic homicide investigation excepted) than more advanced and proactive patrol techniques. Fault the supervisors for not
directing leading the officers in other directions.
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Originally posted by mdd7000
Putting the car in neutral does not save gas. The fuel injection systems are designed to actually close off - shut off - the flow of fuel when you take your foot off the gas pedal and coast, in gear. There are some additional variables that the computer takes into account, but for all practical purposes, the injectors turn off.
But being in gear, even the highest one, slows the car down, so you may have to step on the gas to maintain speed when you wouldn't when coasting free in neutral. So it does save gas that way. You can also see the tachymeter drop when you shift into neutral.
Presumably the law against coasting is due to the possibility you might need to maneuver by accelerating. I still do it though, but I keep my hand on the stick when a car comes by in the other direction.
