I honestly want to know. I know everyone's complaining about how high gas prices are now, and there's really nowhere to go but up. So why aren't people practicing more fuel-efficient ways of driving? For every 5 miles you go over 60mph, it's as if your paying an extra $.10 per gallon for gas. I drive an '89 Honda Civic which is actually only running on 3 cylinders and i still get 34mpg by drivin 60mph. When all 4 cylinders were workin I got 45mpg a couple of times. So why doesn't everyone start drivin slower to save some gas and money? Just doesn't really make sense to me. Does not matter what kind of car you drive, no matter what, the slower you drive, the better gas-mileage you get.
2006-06-26 09:25:13 · 9 answers · asked by milhouse21386 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Because everyone is in a hurry. When they are driving on a 5 mile trip they will go ten mph over the speed limit. That means they might have saved themselves forty-five seconds. Wow!! People are in a rush and don't think through things like they aren't really saving themselves an appreciable amount of time and costing themselves money at the same time.
2006-06-26 09:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Norm 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This has a lot to do with 'Road Rage' and the emotions that run behind that driving illness. Many people consider themselves a legend in their own mind, meaning, that they think of themselves as always being right and everyone else as being wrong. Although you may be a conscientious driver and understand the workings behind what's going on under the hood, most people consider the routines, activities and every day goings-ons as more important than a few pennies as they rush around getting done what they need to get done and doing it all in record time. You've heard that phrase, 'Time is Money'. Well you can't always buy more time where as you can, relatively speaking, buy more gas.
2006-06-26 16:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by ariglori 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because no matter how much we ***** and moan about gas prices, it doesn't directly affect most people. We just go and fill up and whatever the tally is, we pay. I'm not saying the increased prices don't hurt us, but we'd rather pay a bit more and still be able to drive our sports cars, SUVs, and pick ups. And I am willing to pay more to drive my regular old car as fast as I want.
Personally, I simply cannot stand driving slow. It bugs the crap out of me. If you want to drive slow, get on a freakin' horse.
2006-06-26 16:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because almost the entire population of the U.S. is in a hurry. I have no idea why . That's just how we are. We are used to getting where we wanna go as fast as we can. What you say is true, But gettin people to do it, Good Luck!
2006-06-26 16:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by deathnpam98 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really doesnt matter how slow or fast you drive, you will lose alot of gas either way. To really save gas, make sure you have the right air pressure in all four tires. if you don't have the same air pressure in all four of your tires, you will lose alot of gas milage that way
2006-06-26 16:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by babydoll 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because people want to get places in a hurry. The quicker the better.
2006-06-26 16:41:13 · answer #6 · answered by billybetters2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there are a couple of things you can do to save gas. driving slowly is, unfortunatley, not one of them.
1. it has been proven that driving faster saves more gas, so highways are a good choice (with no traffic) and streetlights are bad, b/c idling wastes gas.
2. keep your tires pumped to the proper psi
and
3. change your oil and clean your engine often
2006-06-26 16:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by blakdragon 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Cause we don't want to be on the road any longer than we have to. With such fools & Road Rage. I just go 70 with my SUV, & b*tch about the gas prices all day.
2006-06-26 16:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, everybody is in a hurry even if they have no place to go.
2006-06-26 16:52:06 · answer #9 · answered by Irish 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋