Drive 5km / 5mph Slower and Save More Lives
This holiday season, consider driving 5km / 5mph slower.
Driving 5km slower can literally be the difference between life and death. I am not suggesting that you drive 5km below the speed but rather not to drive 5km over the speed limit. There is a reason why the speed limit is what it is in the US and Canada. Studies take into account the response time and the distance to stop that is needed in the event of sudden breaking.
If the speed limit is 60km/hr (35 mph) and you are driving 65km/hr (40 mph) the distance it takes you to stop between the two different speeds can be drastic. Lets say there are two cars travelling one going 60 and the other 65, suddenly a car pulls out of its driveway or a child runs into the street. If both cars are traveling side by side and they break at exactly the same time where the car that is driving 60km would manage to get the speed down to about 5km when it hits the pedestrian or car, the other car driving at 65km would impact at about 30km – a speed fast enough to be fatal.
As the videos (from Australia) below will show you, a 5km difference in your initial speed results in literally 27km difference in your break speed.
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Looking To Buy A Stroller For A Good Price? Try eBay
We decided on the relatively new Valco Baby Twin Runabout Trimode stroller (wow that’s a mouthful). Since the model was so new no one was selling any used ones on Craigslist. So that left us with buying a new one. Valco strollers are expensive and if you are planning to buy a new one expect to pay over $650 (including shipping) for one.
After doing several searches on the web and discovering that every online retailer is charging the same price for a Valco I decided to check out eBay.
As it turned out, a store was auctioning off the exact same model we were interested in with a starting bid of about $50 and with no reserve price. No reserve price means that there is no minimum price for winning an item on ebay. The highest bidder wins at the end of the auction regardless.
In the case of the Valco, we won the auction at $515. Thats savings of about $85. This was 8 months ago. Just a few days ago I was checking out a shopping website and discovered that these Valco Baby Twin Runabout Tri mode stroller no reserve auctions were still taking place on eBay.
So before you decide on paying the full retail price (even from another online retailer that offers free shipping) for your next baby stroller check out eBay first and maybe you’ll save too.
Here is a list of No Reserve auctions for some of the popular strollers on the market today. These are actual auctions taking place on eBay.com. The prices are listed in real time and the auctions are sorted by end date.
 | US $122.50 (11 Bids) End Date: Friday Jan-27-2012 15:33:14 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $262.05 (7 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jan-28-2012 9:07:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $3.75 (4 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jan-28-2012 14:46:50 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $222.50 (36 Bids) End Date: Sunday Jan-29-2012 17:05:50 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $89.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday Jan-30-2012 15:39:28 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $20.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday Jan-31-2012 14:40:23 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $26.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Feb-01-2012 14:10:00 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
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