Today’s tips are about how you handle your vehicle on the road. Again, thanks to race car driver Mac Demere for the great advice.
Memory Factor. Memorize places where other drivers inappropriately slow down. Examples include hills and gentle freeway bends that many mistake for hairpin turns. Often, you'll have to coast down to their pace. Plan ahead and you might be able to change lanes around them. They'll re-pass you on the next downhill or straightaway, but you will have used less brakes and gas.
Look Up and Save. Look far enough ahead and you'll be able to correctly time stoplights, notice traffic backing up or see cars slowing on an incline that's just become visible. Look beyond the next traffic signal and check out the one after that.
Don't Join In. Many drivers brake just because the guy in front did, and sometimes the first driver touched his brake for no good reason. It'll take a bit of practice to learn to coast when others brake inappropriately, especially if you weren't looking far enough ahead.
None of this advice is difficult to follow; it just requires that you pay attention and practice these habits until they become second nature to you. If it's easier, you can take one tip, practice for a couple of weeks and then add the next brake-saving strategy. In just a few weeks, you'll be driving like a pro while saving wear-and-tear on your brakes.
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