Hypermiling

With gas prices topping $4 a gallon, it is important to know that the way you drive can have a huge effect on your gas mileage.

Hypermiling is drastically modifying your driving habits to fuel efficiency on their vehicles. There are people who have made a sport out of doing just this, sometimes without regard to safety or traffic laws. You don't need to be that hardcore though, to see savings at the gas pump.

Here are some steps from Hypermiling.com...

The first step toward saving gas and increasing mpg: Always know your gas mileage after each visit to the gas pump.

The second step: do you drive agressively but not know it?

The third step: How long are you sitting still at red lights? Video

The fourth step: Keeping yourself moving in traffic congestion

The fifth step: Slowly accelerate after stops

The sixth step: Your cruise control saves gas (but not by using it they way you might think)