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Date:         Wed, 7 Jun 1995 08:38:12 -0400
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From:         "Chris Chubb" <cchubb@card-u1.card.ida.org>
Subject:      Re: Mileage Markers

Herb Sez: /If anyone ever travels through Iowa on the interstates you can check your /speedometer and odometer as the mile markers are EXACTLY 1 mile apart. The /only /time they are not is when there is a turnout./// / /I have not found any other states that took such care to measure the miles /exactly.

Actually, my grandfather used to do surveying for the local county when they were building the main road around here. One thing he did (at the ripe old age of 72) was to walk ALL 112 miles of route 13, pushing one of those wheely things. Every 5280 feet, he pounded a stake. It took him 3 months, but those signs are not more than a foot off, I would wager. I feel somehow proud every time I see one.

I also use them to gauge my speedometer. I usually take a 2 mile reading late at night, holding exactly 50 MPH and calculate my offset. I am only off by 2%, though. The tread wear is enough to change it by more than 5%. -- -- Chris Chubb (cchubb@ida.org) - (703)-845-2287 [Alexandria, VA, USA] ____________________________________________________________________ \All opinions expressed or implied may not reflect those of the \ \Institute for Defense Analyses, the US Government, or anyone else. \ --------------------------------------------------------------------


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