| Having to fill up your car constantly can get | | | | her brakes while you are driving right on top of |
| pretty old pretty quickly, especially when you are | | | | them, do you really think that you will have |
| having to fill up when gas prices are high. When I | | | | enough time to properly react to their actions? |
| was driving a Jeep, I would sometimes have to fill | | | | Chances are, you will more than likely crash into |
| up two to three times in one week at over $50 | | | | the back of them. |
| each stop! | | | | Just the other day, I witnessed yet another car |
| Luckily, there are ways to try and preserve | | | | accident in which a person was following another |
| gasoline consumption while you are driving. For | | | | motorist too closely. The light in the intersection |
| starters, have you ever considered slowing down | | | | changed from yellow to red, but instead of |
| to do the actual speed limit? There is a good | | | | running the light, the person in front decided it |
| reason why there are posted speed limits every | | | | would be a safer idea to slow down and stop. |
| few hundred feet on a road. It is to remind you | | | | However, the person behind them was sure that |
| that that is the safest speed to travel given the | | | | the person in front of them would run the light, |
| amount of foot traffic and regular traffic in the | | | | giving them a chance to run the light also. They |
| area. This is why you will see really low speed | | | | never left themselves enough reaction time |
| limits wherever there is a childrens' school. Would | | | | because they were so close to the car ahead of |
| you feel comfortable sending your child to school | | | | them that they wound up crashing into the |
| in an area where motorists zip by at speeds in | | | | vehicle. Now, who do you think was more upset? |
| excess of sixty miles per hour? | | | | When we speed up and slow down, this is often |
| Besides reducing your speed, you should also try | | | | referred to as 'surging'. When you surge, you are |
| to increase the distance between you and the | | | | wasting gasoline because of how often you |
| other vehicle(s) in front of you to approximately | | | | accelerate to decelerate. So, the next time that |
| two car lengths. I don't know why, but for some | | | | you go out for a drive, reduce your speed, leave |
| reason, people who live in North Carolina have an | | | | enough reaction time in between you and other |
| obsession with closing down this distance, which | | | | vehicles and be vigilant about what other drivers |
| leads to numerous car accidents. When you | | | | around you are doing. Remember, that a lot of |
| increase the space between other motorists | | | | saving on gas expenses has to do with how you |
| around you, you are essentially giving yourself | | | | drive your own vehicle. If you have a lead foot or |
| more time to react to whatever the drivers | | | | if you exercise a lot of road rage on your daily |
| around you are doing. For example, if the person | | | | commutes, then you'll be looking at a significantly |
| in front of you suddenly decides to slam on his or | | | | higher gasoline bill. |