• Welder@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I find everyone uses time for long distances. I know it’s a 13 hour drive to Edmonton but damned if I know how many kilometres it is.

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      1 year ago

      I always convert using 100km/h. So a 13 hour drive is probably North of 1250km.

      That being said I only measure distance in time as well.

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        1 year ago

        100km/h is a good estimator, because you’re probably going 120km/h most of the way but you need to account for toilet breaks and lunch.

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          1 year ago

          And city driving where you might spend 20 or thirty minutes getting to our from the actual highway.

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        My car tracks my average speed for some reason, and I believe it’s based on engine hours vs. distance. After 2½ years and ~70,000km it’s stayed pretty consistent at about 60km/h.

        My driving is probably 90% highway by distance, or 60% by time.

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      1 year ago

      Yep, I can tell you Toronto is 17 hours away and the QC border is 7, but I have no clue how many KM those are.

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      This is what I came here to say. Even short distances.

      Basically, any time you’re describing a trip to a destination, it’s in time, based on the mode of travel. Hell, I even describe our family hikes in time it takes our littles to walk it, then estimate how long it would take an adult.

      My kids school is 3 minutes away or an 8 minute adult-pace bike ride. Fucked if I know how many km that is.