[brekko]

I've often been of the opinion that most drivers typically suck, after a successful couple months of hypermiling that fact has become even more prevalent. The problem is that so many drivers are totally ignorant to what is going on. For starters they see the road as simply a route for them to get from 'a' to 'b' and could care less how exactly that is accomplished. With this frame of mind all thought to other drivers, basic courtesies, and common sense are totally thrown out, not to mention the slightest concern for their fuel economy. The problem I have arises when these drivers are in proximity to me. In heavy traffic when I am boxed in and grandma shearer pulls out in front of me only to stop and signal she's turning left, needless to say it's puts a hefty dent in my mpg average for that trip. Maybe one day the message of better fuel economy = less fuel dependence will spread...I mean as for now most police officers see it as totally ludicrous. Am I the only one to have been pulled over for slow driving? And recently with this holiday shopping starting to surge I've been getting plenty of impatient drivers planted behind my smoothly accelerating ways...and they usually don't get it. I need a large bumper graphic which states "Thanks for honking, I'm saving you money too." Either way I suppose I can only keep my habits up to snuff.