Originally Posted by
Roody
I've replicated this experiment several times. Even in a smallish city like Lansing, I've beaten buses several times, and I'll usually tie a car if traffic's heavy. The car beats me in light traffic, but not by as much as they think they will. And of course I'll win if they have to stop for gas.
Of course I'd love to try a speedboat in the Red Cedar and Grand Rivers!
Same here. On a 12 mile commute accross town, I can get there about the same amount of time as a car or maybe 5 minutes later.
A lot has to do with our idiotic traffic lights that are not sycrnoized, so all cars stop-go-stop-go through town. What an enormous waste of fuel just because our city traffic department can't figure out how to syncronize the stop lights.