As a driver I often feel like I am a prisoner of high gas prices and to make matters worse there is nothing I can do to control the price of gasoline other than trying to find ways of saving fuel.
I guess this is good though because the less fuel I use the more money I save so in a roundabout way I do to some extant control the price of the gas I use.
One of the fuel savers I use is to plan my trip before I even get in the car. I always look for the most efficient route so that I am not doubling back wasting both time and gasoline.
Another gas saver I use is to drive the speed limit. The faster you drive the more gas you use and the more gas you use the more money you spend. If you think about it, unless you are driving hundreds of miles you really only save a few minutes but you use a lot more gas and set yourself up to get a speeding ticket.
Yes, life moves fast for us and we all have lots of responsibilities that need our attention and it seems like we are always rushing around which I think puts us I the frame of mind to hurry while driving.
The fast of the matter is that most modern vehicles get their best gas mileage when they are going around 55 or 60 MPH so anything over that will use gas at a faster rate and as your speed increases so does the gas consumption rate.
So, someone that is constantly driving 75 on the highways will use a lot more gas that someone driving 65 and it doesn’t take a math wiz to see that driving fast can really start to add up as you fill up more frequently.
In fact, a driver going 55 will use about 4 gallons of gas for every 5 that the speedster uses so if you are into saving fuel and money slow it down.
Just the other day I was on the interstate and driving in a 45 MPH construction zone. Every car was passing me by with most going over 70! Not only were they speeding but where I live construction zone fines are quite high. I did see one vehicle pulled over so I am guessing wherever they were speeding to ended up making them late and costing them a pretty penny.
Yes, it is hard to go slow when everybody else is passing you by but think of it this way, those people will probably still be working while you are retired thanks to your conscientious effort to save gas as part of an overall savings plan.
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