| Ah yes, the good old speed limit. Our | | | | properly. |
| silent big brother. The 11th commandment | | | | 1/ By going the speed limit you actually |
| of life. The one road rule hardly anyone | | | | get to your destination in the same |
| short of student drivers seem to take | | | | amount of time or even faster. |
| seriously. | | | | Yep, I didn't beleive it either until I |
| I should know. I was one of the lead | | | | put it into practice. You see, most if |
| foots. I attained almost 4 pages of | | | | not all city planners actually time the |
| traffic tickets, most of them speeding | | | | traffic lights. If you go the posted |
| violations. My excuse was that I drove a | | | | speed limit and start timing the |
| sweet 1987 IROC Camero with a 5.7 liter | | | | intersections when they turn green. you |
| corvette engine/tranny package and a top | | | | will hit green lights at least 70-80% of |
| speed of 150 mph! | | | | the time. This will save you an immense |
| Then one year I went too far and was | | | | amount of time. |
| called into the traffic licencing office | | | | 2/ Driving the speed limit saves you |
| and given a choice. Either go to trafic | | | | money from speeding tickets. |
| school or lose my licence for six | | | | My average was about $750 per year in |
| months... then go to traffic school. | | | | traffic tickets. In the last 3 |
| Needless to say I made the obvious | | | | years...$0 or a savings of $2250!! |
| choice. | | | | 3/ Going the speed limit saves gas and |
| I drove 80 miles to the school on a | | | | oil money. |
| beautiful Saturday that I could have | | | | My mileage has gone up approximately |
| been spending on the beach! Once I | | | | 15-20% |
| arrived , I joined about 15 others who | | | | 4/ Driving the speed limit saves wear |
| were to suffer the same fate. | | | | and tear on your brakes. |
| To make a long story short... ( or to | | | | If your not constanly stopping for red |
| save it for another article..lol), I put | | | | lights, your saving your brakes in a |
| in my 6 hours of classroom study and 2 | | | | huge way. I personally have not had to |
| hours of driving practice. I must say I | | | | do a brake job in 3 years where I used |
| came out of the experience a changed | | | | to redo them every 2 years.and #5/ The |
| driver. I learned I had developed A LOT | | | | less gas and oil we burn, the less |
| of bad driving habits and was taught | | | | dependent we will be on foriegn oil. |
| some valuable lessons. Especially when | | | | Isn't this reason enough! |
| it comes to saving money while driving | | | | |