Americans Cut Back On Driving

Courtesy Donklephant  Tue, 05/27/2008 - 10:55pm

Feeling the pinch at the pump? Starting to rethink your extracurricular driving activities?

You’re not alone…

Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s 11 billion fewer miles, the DOT’s Federal Highway Administration said Monday, calling it “the sharpest yearly drop for any month in FHWA history.” Records have been kept since 1942.

According to AAA, for the first time since 2002, Americans said they were planning to drive less...


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