Forget about reaching these values - it's time to save some fuel
I’ve decided to write few words about Ecodriving. As far as I don’t really buy all the “greenwashed” efforts the car makers do to sell more cars, it doesn’t mean that You (We) shouldn’t try to be “greener”… We don’t have to throw away the fun cars and buy some horrid hybrid, or any green- eco- blue- line of cars to have aerodynamic tiny alloys, longer gears and body patched everywhere to cut through the air better. All this to save 5% of fuel (of course at the same time loosing extra 10 – 20% of cash when buying the car).
The key to the best efficiency is in driver’s foot. I recently watched again the Top Gear: BMW M3 vs Prius mpg test for inspiration. Also they just announced some social research results about eco-awareness among Polish drivers.
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Why should I?
In most countries talking on a mobile while driving is forbidden by the authorities. Some of them even try to establish penalties heavier than regular tickets (ex. jail) for doing it.
The authorities try to protect us at all costs, forbidding to do the every day stuff – and “mobile” is just one of the examples. This particular ban is one of my (and their) favourites. You’re not allowed to use it on a plane, in the post office, library or at the gas station and in the car. I can understand the post office and library – there is a need of silence there. But for example there is no proof that the electro-magnetic waves influence other machines around.
And is this really so dangerous when in traffic? Picture Yourself driving on a highway and talking on the phone (held in hand). Does it feel as creating danger to the people and cars around? Or is talking something natural, that don’t necessary takes much of Your focus away from the road?
Of course I’m not talking about freaks that go 100 mpg in heavy traffic and still talk – it’s not talking that’s dangerous then.
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We all get up in the morning (that fact itself is annoying), do our morning routine, get in the car, and drive to work. I don’t know about You, but in the morning for the first half an hour or so, I’m a person that hardly talks. I don’t talk because if I would, it would be shouting at other people or things (“You… stupid elevator door!!!”).
Although I’m aware of this fact and try to calm it down, there are some things that still annoy me when I drive to work.
Looks familiar?
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