Gas prices making you poor? Try slowing down
Filed under: Transportation, Relationships
If soaring gas prices are hitting your wallet, the most obvious way to cut back on the expense is to reduce the amount of driving you do and the size of the car that you drive.But one overlooked technique is to slow down. According to CNNMoney, "In a typical family sedan, every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is like the price of gasoline going up about 54 cents a gallon. That figure will be even higher for less fuel-efficient vehicles that go fewer miles on a gallon to start with."
If you care about the physics of this, read the article. This seems like a pretty good win-win: drive safer and save money. In addition, keeping your speed down will reduce your chances of getting traffic violations which drive up car insurance premiums.
In other driving news, if you're looking to slow down your speed demon teenage son (or daughter, but most likely son...), you might want to look into the Drivecam. A recent Wall Street Journal piece spotlighted how this device can monitor your teen's driving, sending you a weekly report of how safe junior is.
If you're paying for his gas, which I hope you aren't, tell him to slow down and stop wasting your money.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-28-2008 @ 3:46PM
Cheap said...
100mpg cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7yvMejVAEo
Electric Pick-up Truck
google "youtube.com/watch?v=a979ceZTRGA"
150mpg SUV
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4661366655778753736
0-60mph in less then 3 sec Electric Sports Car
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-963531485377402036
Why should I get away with only buying 12 gallons of gas to drive 1,200 miles when you have to spend so much more to drive the same amount? The auto industry says it can’t be done and the technology is not there. Isn’t it funny how the above videos are of cars already on the road? No, it is not funny is it.
It is time to start asking questions of why they are not building them!
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4-07-2008 @ 2:38PM
justpicky said...
Why isn't the GOVERNMENT stopping Oil Companies from raising the price........Government should put
a CAP ON THE PRICE .......Our government can careless about you or your family , because they're spending "TRILLION OF DOLLARS" FOR A USELESS WAR and killing all those men / women ....which is sad , Bush
hasn't done one thing to help CITIZENS in UNITED STATES............. he's a lazy president ..........
He can put a cap on OIL COMPANIES BUT HE'S NOT going to do that either , why , because he's in the Oil
business himself ......to make his BANK ACCT bigger $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, before he leaves office .........Again he hasn't done one thing since he's
been in office .....................
ALL THIS IS FACT...........REALITY .........
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