Stoaty said:
stjohnh said:
Yes, as soon as you noticed that you weren't "going to make it" you should have pulled off the highway and taken city roads, driving at 25mph. You likely would have saved a lot of time and made it home.
Even better would be to look for an L2 charging station and stop there for 30 minutes before trying to make it home.
For once I don't think I agree with you, Stoaty. I've been below LBW more than 100 times, and never yet hit turtle, except the one time I did it intentionally. My response is what stjohnh said, except that I usually figure I can make it at 35-40 mph.
trojanm50 didn't say how far out he was at LBW, but given freeway speed and VLBW at 12 miles away, I'll guess 20 miles. 20 miles after LBW is easy if you slow down enough. And 20 miles at 30 mph only takes 40 minutes. Looking for an L2 and stopping there for 30 minutes will also take 40 minutes of your time, with little if any progress toward your destination. Besides, 30 minutes of L2 on trojanm50's 2011 would only give him about 5 or 6 miles farther on the freeway. You can't (or at least most of us can't) make 15 miles on the freeway after LBW.
Ray