Saturday, July 05, 2008
By: Shauna Hunt and 680News staff
Toronto - The soaring price of gas appears to be changing the way we drive, according to the OPP.
"We've seen a lot of people get much closer to the speed limit," OPP Sgt. Cam Woolley explained.
And driving the speed limit is the best way to save on gas because "There's a substantial difference in fuel consumption between 90 km/h and 120- 130 km/h. You'd be saving around 20-25 per cent." Woolley said.
He also said more and more drivers now use the car pool lanes and even appear to be putting off trips to the cottage if the weather is rainy because it's not worth the fuel.
The new street racing law is also partly responsible for less speeders in the GTA.
Meantime, Woolley had a word of advice for drivers who automatically want to save fuel and that is to try some of the province's secondary highways with speed limits of 80 km/h.
1 comment:
I guess there is no need for any Green Shaft tax.
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