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OK, so I have been out of the loop for a while (vacation at Yosemite), and when I get back there are all the disparaging AAA remarks and a lot of sigs have similar.

What did they do? (say?) Somebody post me a link. I am dying to find out!

Larry

OK, so I have been out of the loop for a while (vacation at Yosemite), and when I get back there are all the disparaging AAA remarks and a lot of sigs have similar.

What did they do? (say?) Somebody post me a link. I am dying to find out!

LarryNearly two weeks ago, the AAA made a press release published by the Hartfort Courant (see Conn AAA Thinks Drivers like lightfoot are "Dangerous" - Right {sigh} (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12814&highlight=courant)) that severly cherry-picked the most controversial aspects of hypermiling - many we outright condemn...trying to purport that most hypermilers do this and we are by far the greatest highway threat by the ridiculous emphasis on

semi drafting
making turns at 50mph (or something like that
rolling stops
FASJust click The Long List of "AAA says HM is Dangerous" on Google (http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13409)

I similarly googled "speeding and AAA" and found the report on this study http://www.aaafoundation.org/multimedia/index.cfm?button=RiskyDrivingFS
It appears when one applies scientific principles, it does not confirm that hypermiling techniques increase the risk of crashes (at least in this cohort). Interestingly, these 109 drivers, in a little over a year, were involved in 82 crashes and about 9X as many near misses. Having been involved in one crash (not my fault I tell you) in 300,000+ miles of driving, I find these results disturbing.

I suspect if hypermilers were similarly monitored the numbers would be somewhat different.

But the concerns of speeding, inattention, aggression and fatigue were so 2006.

Brian