Car-related businesses would also be affected because less driving translates into fewer oil and tire changes.
In addition, Hurricane Sandy temporarily curbed consumption in the northeastern part of the country, not only due to less driving but thousands of canceled airline flights, he added.
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Driving the Cayenne S Hybrid is less like driving another Porsche than like driving other luxury crossovers.
Still, total fuel costs for driving a diesel Passat on a long highway trip are about 20% less than driving a four-cylinder gasoline Passat, rated at 31 mpg highway.
People living in confined spaces essentially, and less people driving cars.
When asked whether driving feels safer, less safe, or about the same as it did five years ago, more than 1 in 3 drivers say driving feels less safe today.
Simply put, Millennials are driving less because they think car ownership is expensive and environmentally undesirable.
Going Green can mean sacrifices, like driving less, paying more or enduring the eerie blue of compact fluorescent bulbs.
That view is to the dismay of others, who say that prices are pushed down by driving less and drilling more.
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Road investments have felt the effect of motorists driving less and using more fuel-efficient cars, which cut into fuel tax revenues.
The fact that he pays in cash up front gives him an edge, no doubt, against others who are less committed to driving on vegetables.
In fact, travelers are flying more and driving less, with the largest decreases in spending seen at car rental services for consumer and business groups.
Americans are driving less, and they are buying more fuel-efficient cars.
With Americans driving less, the federal flat tax on gasoline of 18.4 cents per gallon is bringing in fewer dollars and starving the federal highway fund.
The winner could choose one of the wrapped Sparks, or one without any artwork, for those less enthused about driving around in a comic book on wheels.
Already, research has shown that younger people are driving less today than people in other age groups or those in the same age group a decade ago.
For some families, it means driving less.
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Unsurprisingly, this goes along with driving less.
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In the past, these kinds of levels would spark real economic drag, high interest rates, even recession, but adjusted for inflation, gas prices aren't quite at the record highs reached during the oil embargos of the '70s, and, you know, there are signs that Americans are driving less and buying fewer gas-guzzlers.
Had Mr Shevardnadze been driving something less robust, the volatile Caucasus region might be facing two presidential elections next month instead of just one.
Before, he says, he and his brother James, who heads international, looked for people fluent in foreign languages, with social graces and who were sometimes less ambitious and hard driving than their domestic counterparts--diplomatic types.
He was very dangerous, even for a driving distance of less that five miles.
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The rule was set up to give younger, less experienced drivers a chance driving under Grand Prix conditions.
But drunken driving would be less funny to everyone if more people were greeted at a checkpoint with a Breathalyzer.
Optimization is lot more than just driving more for less, and much more than just a compelling Total Cost of Ownership story.
Mr Bowers said he thought the less serious charge of careless driving over the crash which injured his daughter sent the wrong message.
Driving is much less fun than it used to be because of increased traffic congestion and the fact that the kind of cars most people can afford are "utilitarian" and difficult to customise.
My driving to buy the bread for lunch probably has less value and so perhaps I should walk rather than driving with the associated emissions.
Historically, it has focused on rear-wheel-drive powertrains, which are great for performance and driving dynamics, but less efficient than front-wheel drive.
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