All people who drive more slowly than me are old farts and everyone going faster is an idiot. Maybe others also feel the same way. Unfortunately, I rather fear most other drivers are morons who aren't even aware there is anybody else on the road.I have been recently cognizant of my driving habits due to the high price of gasoline. I'm no hyper-mileager; however, I generally think and plan while behind the wheel. There are some pretty serious inclines between BCIT and home. I shake my head as I see most cars fly up the hills with their right feet buried in their carburetors. It's doubly silly as, although they blast past, we again sit side-by-side at the traffic light further up the road. They ended up sucking up far too much precious fuel for absolutely no measurable advantage.
On my first car, a Ford Pinto, I put in an extra gauge that measured the manifold vacuum pressure. I don't know why other than perhaps it was fun to watch. By driving as if the accelerator were a fragile egg, I could keep the gauge firmly in the green, fuel-saving area. Getting a run for hills became second nature. It was perhaps physics class where I figured out having to use the brakes meant one was wasting momentum that one had already paid for in spent fuel. Looking a bit beyond the hood is a good practice. There's no reason not to coast up to a traffic light that's going to be red.
Driving to save gas means driving safely as one is more aware of the highway conditions. It's a shame that more people don't bring along their brains when they drive somewhere.