As gas prices are back in the news (blaming Obama? get out!), here’s a reminder about www.sactogasprices.com.
There many tips out there for saving money on gas, here are a few I enjoyed.
- Avoid stops. If approaching a red light, see if you can slow down enough to avoid having to actually stop (because you reach the light after it is green). Speeding up from 5 or 10 miles per hour will be easier on the gas than starting from full stop.
- Anticipate the stop signs and lights. Look far ahead; get to know your usual routes. You can let up on the gas earlier. Coasting to a stop will save the gasoline you would otherwise use maintaining your speed longer. If it just gets you to the end of a line of cars at a red light or a stop sign a few seconds later, it won’t add any time to your trip. Ditto for coasting to lose speed before a highway off-ramp: if it means you catch up with that truck halfway around the curve instead of at the beginning, you haven’t lost any time. In many cities, if you know the streets well, you can time the lights and maintain the appropriate speed to hit all green lights. Usually this is about 35 to 40 MPH.
- Limit your driving (now that’s a concept!). This article includes ideas such as carpooling, combining trips and taking the first parking spot you find.
I wish folks would adhere to these tips regardless of gas prices. I hate that I get passed aggressively by folks when I try to coast into a stop sign or light.
While we’re talking about it, what do Sacramento drivers do that irritate you?
The Sac Rag 
Remember when I got blamed for the high gas prices and I had nothing to do with them?
Yeah…
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Ah, that was too easy. How about those Sacramento gas prices, huh? And the tips to save money at the pump? Right, right…good one though.
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What do Sacramento drivers do that DOESN’T irritate me? Seriously, when they hang on my tail going so fast I’m afraid to coast to a stop, because they are so busy looking beyond me they don’t notice that I have slowed.
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Rob: I also think Sacto drivers are terrible about following too close though I don’t have any scientific data.
What about tips on using Magicks to save on gas. Such as witching lights into turning green.
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I’m just thankful that our gas prices are rock-bottom compared to the rest of the world. Of course, our government subsidizes big oil more than almost anything else, but still, you gotta put things in context if you’re going to get bent out of shape by gas prices.
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If ya’ll’d just draft at city street speeds, we’d all save loads of gas.
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CoolDMZ wants a traffic signal pre-emption transmitter, aka a MIRT.
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I recently purchased a 390hp 4×4 super duper cab pickup truck Just had a $120 fillup. Now I am driving around like there’s a raw egg on the gas pedal.
Timing is everything in this life you know.
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