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Originally Posted by troutman
I don't believe it either:
http://www.travelmath.com/drive-dist.../Las+Vegas,+NV
The driving distance from Calgary, Canada to Las Vegas, Nevada is:
1,312 miles / 2 111 km
15 hours, Average speed = 140.7 km/h.
17 hours is 124.2 km/h.
Are you accounting for the time change? |
I accounted for it in my 17 hrs, I don't know if he did. My stops were pretty short as I was with my girlfriend. One would fill up and one would get food and we'd eat while driving.
Back when my dad did this run last though, I wouldn't put it past him to hover around that speed on the highway. He used to drive like a maniac until my little sister was born. The thing that makes it hard to believe is that he had to drive through Salt Lake City which would slow him down and on top of that, Montana and parts of Nevada are pretty twisty.
Then again, when I did it, I think my speed was a decent clip faster then 140 (thats only 20 km/h over the limit) through almost all of straight, boring Idaho so who knows how fast he was going there.