Lots of people coasting on the highways now, less people going fast
 

Anyone else notice this? It seems people are a lot more willing to coast these days, with gas prices here above $1.30 a litre ($1.50+ for premium in my car). Seems like everyone is leaving more space between cars, less tailgating, and surely less accidents.

Is it just here or has anyone else noticed this as well?

The one exception? Pickup truck drivers. They just can't help themselves. Likely their business is paying for their gas etc.

I find the gap is widening out here in Vancouver: more people willing to take it easy off the line, but the super aggressive drivers are becoming even more retarded. They tailgate and whip around you at the last second, slicing traffic like they're in F1. Then we all end up at the same red light. So stupid. Thanks for risking my life and the lives of those around me for your own adrenaline rush.

I agree with you completely about the jacked up pickups. I would like to add that Odyssey minivans must have superchargers or turbos in them, because the moms and dads that drive them race them around like they're AMGs.

Trend here is for people to just buy powerful diesels instead of powerful petrol cars and still drive at mach2 everywhere.

I love it when gas goes up.

The people who can least afford the price of gas going up are the idiots - the poor people - who are the crappy drivers anyhow. Gas goes up, the idiots can't afford to drive.... Less idiots on the road. Win win.

80 kph is the optimal speed for gas consumption

Car design has moved on a bit since 1950 when someone pulled that stat out of their arse to justify lowering speed limits.

Americans complaining about gas prices, LOL.
When you pay over $8/gallon lmk? k, tnx

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup and when you coast referring to the op, pls stay the fuck out of the passing lane ... Thanks:thumbsup

And when you have to drive 20 minutes round trip to the grocery store with no public transportation available let ME know.

Exactly! I'm happy my new car does 20+ KM/litre. The old that does 7 KM/Litre is sitting in the garage and going nowhere lol