Advice on rolling stops or full stops
In the last month or so I have doubled down on my---well its not really hypermiling, because I don't do all the dozens of tips listed at the 100 tips link at the top, but I was able to get 26.1 on an out of town freeway trip, in a new to me 2006 Highlander Hybrid, when the adjusted freeway EPA MPG was 25. So I am doing well in remedial Hypermiling 101.
At any rate, I have noticed in the last month, that I've also been doing a lot more of what I call the California Rolling Stop, instead of a full stop at a sign.
What is the experience & advice of people here? Do you folks do this, or do you come to a full stop, even when there is nobody there? Or do you work on a compromise, like a full stop for a split second, before moving on? I don't know if that would require any less gas, than emerging from a full stop for 3 full seconds, which is how I learned to stop in drivers ed way back when.
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