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Originally Posted by glatt
Only if his lane is free flowing and the other lane is filled bumper to bumper with stopped cars. For 96 miles.
36,000 cars times 14 feet for the average car length is 504,000 feet or 95.45 miles.
I've never seen driving conditions like that.
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Yeah, well he says,
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Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway. There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles. That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.
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You can't fit 7 cars in 40 feet therefore he must be talking about the 7 lanes other than the one he's in, so he's counting the cars going the other way, I guess. I wouldn't call a car every 40 feet bumper to bumper. Also 40 into 5280 = 132 x 7 = 924, not 982. And 924 x 32 = 29,568 not 31,424, add the 4,000 on the other 64 miles of road and you get not 36,000 but a measly 33,568.
Say, you don't suppose he was exaggerating because it was a joke?
01-10-2009, 03:38 AM
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