Is Hypermiling Dangerous?
Posted on October 8, 2008
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When I heard about Hypermiling few months ago I read a lot more stories reminiscent of the Hypermiling is dangerous, and that Hypermilers are a bunch of quack road to themselves and other motorists in danger. I would like to express my feelings in this view.
I do not think that the basic hypermiling techniques are dangerous, I use the basic techniques every day driving to and from work. Hypermiling What is driving with common sense, you know the kind of common sense that you had before you got your license, the person who told you that if you went 5 miles over the speed limit, you would get pulled over .
Hypermiling is also about taking your foot off the gas pedal and not stop racing from light to stop light stone known on your breaks, because the light is not yet turned green. Driving the speed limit is another technique in hypermiling, which will help increase your gas mileage because each car has a “sweet spot” between 45 and 55 miles per hour when the car gets the best gas mileage, the only thing you should do is fund.
Another method is to hypermiling coasting, this means that when you go to a slope, that your foot off the gas pedal, and give the engine just enough gas to the next slope. Not too hard is it? Stop Tailgating is another way that your gas mileage, what do tailgaters constantly doing? They get their break pedal to brake, so they can switch lanes to speed up and then mud on their breaks trying to do at that yellow light.
These are just some of the basic techniques, Hypermilers to use their gas mileage and save money at the pump. Nothing I have described, is dangerous for you or other drivers on the road. If there is anything you Hypermiling will run slower and more gentle, because you are not speeding and Tailgating and looking at other motorists. Imagine if we all began to Hyper Mile, the road would be a much gentler place to drive and perhaps the gas prices would actually decrease because there is such a big question mark.
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Thanks so much for providing us with all this great info about hypermiling. Too Shy to Stop writer Lauren Bucci just did an article for our magazine about hypermiling. You can read the full article here.