Detroit News: Slow down, save money
The Detroit News has this report today: Slow down, save money – Hurried drivers resist gas-conserving move.
A snippet:
On the same day Gov. Jennifer Granholm suggested the state consider lowering freeway speeds to conserve gas, speed studies released to The Detroit News on Wednesday indicate that $4-a-gallon gas has not put a damper on the desire to zoom across town.
The average speeds at nine spots around Metro Detroit actually rose from August 2007 to June, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Speeds went down slightly at just three sites that MDOT routinely monitors.
Call it an opportunity lost — for every 5 mph you slow down from 75 mph, you can save the equivalent of 30 cents a gallon of gas, experts say.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008 under Gas prices, In the News.
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