As usual, I was hanging out in the right lane (going 65) during this morning's commute and a small car sporting a vanity plate passed at, maybe, 70 or 75 mph. I enjoy trying to figure out the sometimes cryptic messages on vanity plates and it didn't take long to figure this one out. The driver apparently wants everyone (but him or herself) to BE GREENER. Well this is great but wouldn't this person have been greener if he/she had been driving the speed limit?
Granted, the car was small and was probably getting pretty decent mileage but that's not the point. Another lesson people apparently aren't getting is that even though oil and gas prices have dropped significantly and it costs less to drive than it did this summer and fall is that IF YOU DRIVE SLOWER YOU'LL SAVE EVEN MORE MONEY.
Are we as a country doomed to have to learn and relearn the same lesson over and over again?
The morning read for Friday, May 3
4 hours ago
1 comment:
LOL - That's ironic huh? I know gas mileage tanks once you get over 55-60 mph. People will not slow down unless the limit is lowered, and even then they likely won't slow much.
Unfortunately, Americans typically learn lessons the hard way. The evidence is on the news everyday.
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