State laws, for good reason prohibit coasting down hills. It used to be common for car and truck drivers to push in the clutch pedal or shift into neutral and freewheel down hills to save on gas. Brakes overheated, lost all their stopping power and many serious crashes resulted.
So, what do we see on virtually all of the automatics today? Overdriving, freewheeling drives. I own a late model and can personally attest to the fact that it coasts almost forever down the road. It is a real ticket-getter, that bastard car of mine. When the speed limit slows from
65 to 55, my car is still coasting down at about 60 when I hit the 55 sign. No engine braking to speak about is the reason.Of course, Chrysler does this to improve gas mileage and it promotes longer motor life too because it revs low rpms, but I have to take exception with their unsafe methods. It is just a matter of time before this freewheeling action hits the courtroom. If a judge and jury finds Chrysler violated the anti-free wheeling law, there toast.
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