DRIVIN' ME CRAZY

PEOPLE WHO TEXT WHILE DRIVING ARE 23 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CRASH:

According to a new study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, drivers who dial their cell phone while driving are SIX TIMES more likely to get into an accident. And drivers who send text messages while driving are 23 TIMES more likely to get into an accident. (WFTV News 9 - Orlando)

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A TEN-MILE-PER-HOUR INCREASE IN SPEED REDUCES YOUR GAS MILEAGE BY FOUR MILES PER GALLON:

If you're trying to save money on gas, there's a really simple thing you can do: Slow down.

At least that's according to a new study by General Motors, which found that for every TEN-mile-per-hour increase in speed, gas mileage is reduced by FOUR miles per gallon.

Overall, that's the equivalent of a 54-CENT increase in the price of gas per gallon. (--So if you're going 80 instead of 60, your gas mileage is reduced so much that it's as if you were paying $1.08 more per gallon.) (AOL Autos)