appropriate expressway speed?

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Jayco-noslide wrote:
You'll see plenty of RVers going 65 and beyond but I stick to about 58 MPH. Why- Easier to avoid an accident, it's relaxing, big improvement in fuel economy (compared to 65 or 70) and Why hurry. 58 compared to 65 won't make a lot of difference in miles over a whole day.

Lots of reasons.

Some people don't get very much vacation time and may have long distances to travel.

Some may get a lot of vacation time but want to see a lot of things.

Some want to go a lot of places

Family or friends may live a long way away.

The difference between 55 and 75 is a lot of miles when you figure 8 hours of driving a day. 160 to be exact. And if you figure it over 14 days one can travel over 2000 more miles.

For some reason when people think of RVing a lot of people think of retired people. This is not the case most of the time. It's usually families that want to enjoy some time on the road RVing.

One of these days I will be retired and can drive 55mph in my RV. That day is not today. :M But I can always look forward to that day! :)

^^^^^. Exactly, my life is 2 week vacations from work, been doing it for decades.
We have been to all four corners of US, Alaska and Canada. Our vacation Rigs are purposely configured to travel safe at speeds up to 85 mph.
Fuel cost savings going slower is unimportant, time is most precious.
By driving fast we can in effect add 2 to 3 days depending on distance, at a vacation destination! When get to a new area we slow down and enjoy. ;)