[theunchosen]

Originally Posted by Shawn D.

Sorry, I missed this post of yours directed at me earlier.

Starting at your last point, if you're within 5 MPH of the speed limit, you're not the type of hypermiler I'm directing my comments at. I'm not suggesting you sacrifice anything -- it the extreme proponents who run 15 MPH under that are sacrificing safety of multiple folks for their own personal goals.

As to teaching others the way toward better efficiency, I don't see how driving slower is a teaching method -- there have to be more effective methods of outreach, say, a modern-age Mobil Economy Run or news coverage that doesn't focus on the extreme quirkiness of some hypermilers/techniques. When on my daily drive home and come under a particular bridge and see the light 3/4 of a mile ahead and adjust my speed so I don't have to stop (or only have to stop for a few seconds), I don't think the other drivers who flow around me and rush past to get to the red light sooner are learning anything by my actions.

A wise man can learn from a fool but a fool can learn from no one.