Truth And Lies About Fuel Saving Tips
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Everyone's jumping on the "save gas" bandwagon -- understandably. It's on everyone's mind. But that doesn't mean you ought to mind everything you read. While there's lots of good advice in circulation, some of it is ...
Turn High Gas Prices In Your Favor: Buy A Gas Hog
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist One way to turn high gas prices in your favor is to consider buying a gas hog vehicle. That may sound crazy at first, but the plummeting value of larger, not-so-fuel-efficient pick-ups, SUVs and larger sedans has ...
The Secret Of The F100 Millionaire
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Most of the advice out there about dealing with the obnoxious rise in the cost of fuel advises you to spend yet more money -- on a hybrid, on some other new car -- which for ...
The Effect Of A National Speed Limit On Traffic Safety & Fuel Prices
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 20 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President In 1982 Congress authorized the National Academy of Science to do a study that documented the “benefits” of the 55 MPH National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL). I, as the President of the organization most critical of the ...
4 Good Things About $4 Per Gallon Gas
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's a bright side to almost everything, right? Even $4 per gallon fuel. If that seems like a stretch as you fork over another $80 to fill up your car, consider the bright side: 1) There's less traffic ...
The Old Man In The Buick — And The Return Of Drive 55?
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist GOP Senator John Warner probably doesn't drive himself anywhere; he is flown, or chauffeured -- at state expense and top speed. Which may explain why he is peddling reduced speed limits to "save fuel" for the ...
How Do Gasoline Prices Affect Driving Behavior?
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »In January 2008, the Congressional Budget Office put out a study examining the effects of gasoline prices on driving behavior. While the CBO’s analysis is somewhat dated -- it's based on four years of data collected from metropolitan freeways in ...
If We Really Wanted To Save Gas…
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's an old saying about going around the block to cross the street that applies to our current problem with escalating fuel prices. We could be saving a lot more fuel -- easily and relatively cheaply. ...
Traffic Lights: Just Check Them Every Couple Decades Or So
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Congestion | 2 Comments »From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle officials said Wednesday [July 2nd] that they've synchronized signals at 258 downtown intersections for the first time in more than two decades and promised quicker, less polluting trips through the central business district will result. Drivers will ...
Atlanta Suburb Turns Drivers Into Fuel Pumps
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 8 Comments »It's a ridiculous concept, but somehow it seemed inevitable. Check out this story from USA Today: The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb ...
