Friday, July 17, 2026
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Driving the speed limit could slash fuel use and emissions at the cost of only 54 extra seconds a day

Speeding in your car to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money in gas and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says.

Driving the speed limit could slash fuel use and emissions at the cost of only 54 extra seconds a day
Image: Phys.org
Speeding in your car to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money in gas and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says.

Originally published at Phys.org

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