Did you know it catually PAYS to drive below 60mph?

[Anonymous]

Apparently SO! According to this article tip number 6:

6. Drive at the Speed Limit or Below
Most cars burn gas less efficiently at speeds of 60 miles per hour or higher. Driving slower has an immediate effect on your gas mileage – plus, it keeps you from getting costly speeding tickets. Cars vary at which speeds they are most efficient, but none have a top-efficiency speed greater than 60 miles per hour.


You can read about the other 8 tips and they are all easy and cost effective
9 Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage and Drive Efficiently
https://www.moneycrashers.com/ways-improve-gas-mileage/

[Anonymous]

Who doesn't know this?

Moving more slowly than the general speed of traffic makes me grumpy, though.

[Anonymous]

Duh.

I don’t care about saving a few pennies.

[Anonymous]

Eh -- it's boring as crap, though. It's also dangerous to go that slowly. Are you really planning on driving slower than 60 MPH on the Beltway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's boring as crap, though. It's also dangerous to go that slowly. Are you really planning on driving slower than 60 MPH on the Beltway?

Most of the time on the Beltway you're lucky if you're going over 30mph...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duh.

I don’t care about saving a few pennies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's boring as crap, though. It's also dangerous to go that slowly. Are you really planning on driving slower than 60 MPH on the Beltway?

If I can save few trees then why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's boring as crap, though. It's also dangerous to go that slowly. Are you really planning on driving slower than 60 MPH on the Beltway?

Most of the time on the Beltway you're lucky if you're going over 30mph...

Not true. The traffic hours are not "most of the time"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who doesn't know this?

Moving more slowly than the general speed of traffic makes me grumpy, though.

You would be surprised. I just asked five people that I know, just wondered, none of them knew most of those tips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Duh.

I don’t care about saving a few pennies.

We appreciate your attitude!

[Anonymous]

Only if your time is free. I'd rather get where I'm going faster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh -- it's boring as crap, though. It's also dangerous to go that slowly. Are you really planning on driving slower than 60 MPH on the Beltway?

If I can save few trees then why not?

... because it's really dangerous if you're driving at a time when traffic is going much faster?

I do a lot to try to be kind to the environment, but I'm not going to drive in an unsafe manner.

[Anonymous]

No. It just makes everyone else drive faster and dangerously in order to switch lanes to get around you. So net-net, the world is worse off when you decide to be an asshole and drive slowly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who doesn't know this?

Moving more slowly than the general speed of traffic makes me grumpy, though.

You would be surprised. I just asked five people that I know, just wondered, none of them knew most of those tips.

Well, if you're ignorant, chances are high that you also know ignorant people. Also, five people is not a good sample size...see my first statement.

[Anonymous]

No shit, OP. Why to you think during the gas crisis in the 70s-80s the fed set the national speed limit at 55 mph?