10-14-2012, 08:53 AM
Tell you what, I generally drive 50mph max on the highway purely because it saves gas. My impression is that a lot of drivers either aren't willing to reduce their max speed in consideration of the fact that speed increases their $4.50+/gal fuel consumption, which of course hits the wallet dead center (even forgetting about all the other good reasons to conserve) or simply don't realize that higher speed/faster acceleration consumes more gas.