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At higher speeds I learned that you can accelerate very gradually with practically no loss in mileage, then glide and your mileage skyrockets. I'm not so sure it would work well on perfectly flat roads but if there is any elevation change then you can use the technique to climb the upslope and then greatly extend your glide on the downslope.
To the east of my home the greatest grades are overpasses, but even those grades that are less than half of an overpass offer opportunities to stay close to the same speed while pulse and gliding. I also look for drafting opportunities when traffic is so heavy that you have no choice, like it is regularly around here.
I'll stay in the right lane and if there is traffic entering the Interstate, in most cases I stay in the right lane and coast, even up the overpass to allow the traffic to merge safely. I might move over, but in heavy traffic here those in the left lane like to speed up to block you from being courteous and allowing those entering to merge safely, which is absolutely stupid and causes most accidents. On the Fort Eustis Interstate cloverleaf, there is one section of guardrail that is replaced almost every month due to idiots who exit at too high a speed, and those who try to move from the left lane to the exit ramp at much too high a speed, too late. You have to watch for those Morons all the time if you stay in the right lane and they don't know what a turn signal is, in many cases when I turn on miy signal the car in the lane I am trying to get into will rapidly accelerate to block me from safely changing lanes.
That may not be the case for many here, but I suspect "lane blocking" is common in higher traffic areas.
regards
Mech
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