Taking On Traffic
- Drivers in 1/3 of US cities spend more than 40 hours a year in stand-still traffic.
- American families spend about .19 of every dollar they earn on transportation. It’s the second highest expense next to housing, more than health care and food expenses combined.
- The yearly cost of congestion is more than $900 per driver. That adds up to 72 billion dollars in lost wages and wasted fuel.
- Some GPS systems send live incident reports to help avoid accidents, road work and road closures. If there are problems along your selected route, the system will automatically program an alternate way to get there.
- Hypermiling is essentially getting from point A to point B by using the least amount of fuel and maximizing your momentum.
- Drivers now view road rage as a greater risk than drunk driving.
