I am personally a pretty conservative driver, and I never go over 65 mph on the highway. To all of you with a heavy foot, there is a reason to obey the speed limits (other than safety). Your car gets different gas mileage with every speed that you drive. In other words: cars get decent mileage between 25 and 45 mph, and reach their peak mileage between 55 and 60 mph. However, after 60 mph your gas mileage decreases drastically. Speeding on the highway will result in you paying significantly more for gas, and your car will release a significantly larger amount of pollution. So if being "green" is the hip new thing, so is driving the speed limit. Even if you can't manage to drive 55 or 60, at least slow down. Try going from 80 mph to 70 mph, because that will still increase your gas mileage (although more is strongly recommended!)
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