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Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Stan Derscheft, Esq.
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Date: November 10, 2013 05:28PM
When I'm driving my Maserati in the left lane at the exact speed limit and other drivers are tailgating me, I like to shift into a lower gear and slow down without activating my tailights- is this legal? Or would the drivers behind me be justified in delivering swift and harsh justice to me and my family?
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Strait outta compton
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Date: November 10, 2013 05:31PM
Nope, They rear ended you, meaning they have failed to control the vehicle. Now it will be a pissing match, and they will say you slowed down.
By why be such an asshole? get the fuck out of the left lane..fuck face.
By why be such an asshole? get the fuck out of the left lane..fuck face.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport SCJ
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Date: November 10, 2013 06:30PM
If you are driving in the left lane and someone closes on you from behind? YOU...need...to...move...the...fuck...over...Or?
You...need...to...go...faster.
Your call.
You...need...to...go...faster.
Your call.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
truck'n
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Date: November 10, 2013 07:14PM
I use my Jacobs Engine Brake a lot in my Kenworth tractor. Saves the regular brakes.
Using the Jake brake IS illegal in some areas due to the loud machine gun-like noise it makes, but I believe signs must be posted warning of this. I have never seen NO JAKING signs in Fairfax County.
It sounds like you are just downshifting and I don't see how that (alone) could be illegal. Plus, I never seen a car with a Jake Brake. I don't even there's even such a thing for gas engines, only diesels.
Using the Jake brake IS illegal in some areas due to the loud machine gun-like noise it makes, but I believe signs must be posted warning of this. I have never seen NO JAKING signs in Fairfax County.
It sounds like you are just downshifting and I don't see how that (alone) could be illegal. Plus, I never seen a car with a Jake Brake. I don't even there's even such a thing for gas engines, only diesels.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Mr GFR
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Date: November 10, 2013 08:26PM
How about the OP is a troll and full of shit.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Trucker
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Date: November 10, 2013 08:54PM
There are "NO ENGINE BRAKE" signs in Fairfax City.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Car Driver
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Date: November 10, 2013 09:00PM
Trucker Wrote:
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> There are "NO ENGINE BRAKE" signs in Fairfax City.
+1
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> There are "NO ENGINE BRAKE" signs in Fairfax City.
+1
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
hoser
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Date: November 10, 2013 09:27PM
Mr GFR Wrote:
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> How about the OP is a troll and full of shit.
Exactly. Stan Derscheft = standard shift.
The rest of you are rubes....LOL
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> How about the OP is a troll and full of shit.
Exactly. Stan Derscheft = standard shift.
The rest of you are rubes....LOL
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Stan D.
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Date: November 11, 2013 05:42PM
Ok, I KNEW it wasn't called engine braking, no Jake brake on my Mas- is the right term compression braking?
I feel like if there was a cop on my tail and I dropped it from 6th into 2nd that he would light me up. All you pussies driving Odyssey's with a 4 gear slushbox can suck my troll quad pipes, yipppeeee.
I feel like if there was a cop on my tail and I dropped it from 6th into 2nd that he would light me up. All you pussies driving Odyssey's with a 4 gear slushbox can suck my troll quad pipes, yipppeeee.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
Stan D.
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Date: November 11, 2013 05:45PM
Oh, and Hoser gets a gold star.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport SCJ
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Date: November 11, 2013 05:53PM
Hey Stan...the last time I checked? I'm not an Odyssey with a slushbox...though I do have a 4 speed.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
roy lettre
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Date: November 11, 2013 05:57PM
what would you rather have wear faster? Your clutch or your brake pads?
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
I do that all the time
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Date: November 11, 2013 05:58PM
If someone is impatient on the highway I downshift from 6th to 4th and watch them get even more pissed off.
If they try to pass im in 4th gear on the highway so they have no chance of passing with all the power I have at those RPM's.
If they try to pass im in 4th gear on the highway so they have no chance of passing with all the power I have at those RPM's.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
SR Guy
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Date: November 12, 2013 12:17PM
I saw a blue convertible Maserati on Route 50 a few weeks ago. He pulled into Sheetz right in front of me.
The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
bingo
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Date: November 12, 2013 03:32PM
SR Guy Wrote:
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> I saw a blue convertible Maserati on Route 50 a
> few weeks ago. He pulled into Sheetz right in
> front of me.
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> The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
Yep, same guy.
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> I saw a blue convertible Maserati on Route 50 a
> few weeks ago. He pulled into Sheetz right in
> front of me.
>
> The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
Yep, same guy.
Re: Is engine braking legal in Fairfax?
Posted by:
unfairfax
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Date: November 12, 2013 03:38PM
SR Guy Wrote:
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> I saw a blue convertible Maserati on Route 50 a
> few weeks ago. He pulled into Sheetz right in
> front of me.
>
> The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
This is why I'm enjoying my riches NOW. When I'm 80 I expect to be laid out on some beach somewhere drinking rum punch and reading books. I'll get all the fast cars and fast life out my system while I'm young and my body is ready ;) Already got my cyanide for when it's time to make my exit- fuck suffering in old age.
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> I saw a blue convertible Maserati on Route 50 a
> few weeks ago. He pulled into Sheetz right in
> front of me.
>
> The driver got out, and he had to be 80 years old.
This is why I'm enjoying my riches NOW. When I'm 80 I expect to be laid out on some beach somewhere drinking rum punch and reading books. I'll get all the fast cars and fast life out my system while I'm young and my body is ready ;) Already got my cyanide for when it's time to make my exit- fuck suffering in old age.