Speed…
Ok so a couple of weird things happened to me tonight.
First I left Lewis’ before 9:30, thinking that I would be home early because it was a twenty minute drive and I was supposed to be home by 10. So a little less than halfway there I look at the time and see that it is 9:45, now I know that from the B&P gas station it takes me about 15 minutes to get home if I am speeding.
Now I had not gotten to the B&P yet so I thought “I am going to be late” I started speeding up so that I wouldn’t be as late, but then I decided that it was better to not speed and be late than to speed and be home on time (I have in the past had very strong convictions about speeding that I have kind of let slip lately).
Ok so I was supposed to be early but I was going to be late, not good. But as it turns out going the speed limit I got home right on time… How does that work? I mean I should have been home early but I wasn’t but I got home faster going the speed limit than I normally do speeding. So I did get home on time, but I am still confused as to how.
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You are driving a differant car than you were before. It is possible that the speedometer in one or both cars is not accurate. If you can get access to a stop watch, put the speedometer on exactly 60 mph, start the watch when you pass a mile marker, and stop it when you pass the next one.
The formula for turning your time into mph.
D = distance in feet
T = time in seconds
S = speed in miles per hour
S = (D/5280)/(T/3600)
5280 feet = 1 mile
3600 seconds = 1 hour
For your application “S = 1/(T/3600)”.
If your time is not 60 seconds, then run the time through that fromula to see how fast you were really going. That will give you a really good idea how far off your speedometer is, if it is off.
OR, simply go through past one of those speed indicators that the police put up… that show how fast you are going… I saw one on 24 yesterday, westbound just before the church st exit….
OH, and you BETTER watch your speed… Romans says so… :
look who’s talking…. did you check and see if there are differences in clock times? Also, I don’t remember it taking anything near fifteen minutes from Citgo…. but you said B&P and I am not sure what that is….
The speed indicators the police put out are not completely accurate. The radar they use is accurate to plus or minus 5mph. The time method is accurate so long as the mile markers are exactly one mile apart. You can check that by doing it on multiple markers.
Yeah I am sorry, I meant the B+W market.
I think that God honored your obedience of the law and slowed down time for you. End of discussion.
I like russ’s answer. that’s what i thought of. (you should go with that…it sounds better lol*)
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