What do we need to know about driving? Recently the Auto Club provides some survey and tips to all folks who are on the road.
Perils Of Avoiding The Pump
Today’s high gas prices are causing more drivers to run out of gas. According to Auto Club, in the first 3 months of 2011, nearly 1700 calls for gasoline per month, which rise 13%. Drivers may be trying to stretch each tank further than normal, but letting your car run regularly on an almost-empty tank could prove costly.
Why? Experts explain that is because sediment in the bottom of the tank could clog the fuel pump pickup, the fuel filter, or the fuel injectors. And if your car’s fuel pump is inside the gas tank, letting it ran down to almost empty could cause the fuel pump to overheat and fail. This can cost %500 or more in parts and labor.
So the advice for every drive is to keep an eye on your fuel gauge. Do not let it run down to less than a quarter of a tank. And if you do run out of gas, pull off the street or highway as far to the right as possible and call for help.
Distracted driving – not worth it
California held its first Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April 2011. In the first 2 weeks, law enforcement agencies wrote more than 20,000 tickets for handheld cell phone use.
The National Highway Traffic Administration reports that in 2009, nearly 5,500 people died and 450,000 people were injured in the U.S. in collisions that involved cell phone use, texting, and other distracting activities.
The survey indicated that 9% of drivers us cell phones. Central California drivers had the highest rate of device use at 12%, followed bhy by Southern Californians at 9.8% and Northern Californians at 6.9%.
It’s getting expensive
This is not just the fine of $159 or more $279 for the second offense, it is the cost of lives lost and friends and family injured that should give drivers pause before thaey pick up theri cell phones whiel they drive.
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