Efficient driving for daily life

In the days running speed is the main enemy of the driver. We speak of the stress and the desperation that each day of us in endless journeys is empowered, for example at work, where the jams retain us without any possibility of redemption. When this happens, free meters of roadway become unquestionable allies of sudden accelerations and hard braking for drivers eager to get to your destination.

These attitudes not accompany the ecological consciousness that is invading us in stead of enjoy driving, but relax, respecting the environment without polluting more than the inevitable.

The first thing we have to do is to discard the idea that the more years of membership card the better driver. An exercise in humility very necessary and to be cool in stressful day. And then set goals to help us benefit from the kind of leadership that we are going to perform as they are: reducing consumption, increase security and the distance with the car that precedes us, more comfort, decreased dioxide emissions Carbon and a lower cost of vehicle maintenance.

The keys are simple although the vices that have to the steering wheel will put us more difficult to obtain a more sustainable use of our car. Remember the following tips:

In case of long drive always limit speed margin in which the engine delivers its optimum torque figure to have good recoveries and do not lose response if necessary.

In accelerations not to hurry the change of the marches, inserting the following one between 1,500 and 2,200 rpm in motor gasoline and between 1,500 and 2,500 in diésel and forward at a uniform speed, ensuring travel safer and more comfortable. Remember that if we do not step the accelerator the motor does not consume.

To all this must be added that pollution from our cars is also audible. A motor that rotates at a speed of 4,000 rpm is equivalent to thirty-two that do just 2,000 rpm, with a consequent saving of fuel involved.

Dont forget other factors that influence the times that pass by the gas station as the condition of the tires, pressure and its width. According to a study by the International Federation of Motor and Bridgestone, the pressure of inadequate means consumption covered 8,000 million liters more fuel per year and causes the release of 18.4 million tons of carbon dioxide the atmosphere each year.

The temperature of the air conditioner also influences and 22ºC would be the ideal, not too cooler, since the use of the air conditioning increases to a 20% the consumption of the car above all in city.

The state of the filters and open windows along with items such as roof racks or storage, with a 32 percent increase in consumption that make us sufferer.