fuel economy savings efficiency

 Top 10 Fuel Efficient Cars. List and Stats. 2008

Just because the new proposed rule on fuel economy is better than expected from the Bush administration, don’t start dancing in the streets just yet.

A peril of city life is the speeding driver, endangering children and scaring bicyclists. We all have a right to share the roads but the cars win every time. Some cities install traffic calming devices like bumps and mazes, but other cities think the car is king and won't do anything to slow the cars down. Mike Wood of West Salem, Ohio took matters into his own hands and started manufacturing homemade full size cutout children. Local News 6 reports "First when (motorists) saw them, it scared them that the kids were so close to the road," Woods said.

While there are plenty of ways we can easily and conveniently go about increasing your car’s gas mileage - i.e. making sure your tires are properly inflated, changing out dirty air filters, etc. - there are also many ways we try to save gas that ultimately end up being a huge inconvenience.
Don’t get me wrong, for most of us reducing the amount of gasoline that we use will require some form of sacrifice. That being said, if you can find convenient ways to save just as much gas (if not more) why put yourself out?!?