Americans drive 30 BILLION less miles!

[bennelson]

Front page of USA TODAY's main headline is:

DRIVERS CUT BACK BY 30B MILES.

In the last six months, american drivers have driven 30 BILLION with a "B" LESS miles. That's the biggest drop since the '79-'80 shortages!

The scary thing is that it's only down 1% of total driving. However, since total driving miles has been going UP 1 to 2 % every year, that means a total decrease of 2-3% drop in total miles.

See full story HERE on USA Today's web page.

[ebacherville]

and gas and oil prices countinue to rise.. Odd isnt it..

[Volones]

Not when you factor in the oil futures speculators.

[Frank Lee]

So much for that: American driving level set to hit 7-year high

[user removed]

My driving is about as low as it has ever been, 0 today, maybe 450 miles total in January.

regards
mech

[markweatherill]

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[Baltothewolf]

Frank, Y u bump 7 year old thread.

[Frank Lee]

Same topic.