Here is the Math With Links to the statistics
new for 2012
Avg American 13,476 miles / 20.6 current US Fleet mpg = 654 gallons a year
Avg American 13,476 miles / 22.4 estimating a 1.8 mpg difference with out speeding mpg = 602 gallons a year
Difference = 52 Gallons / 52 weeks = 1 Gallon per week
1 Gallons multiplied by 203,370,088 = 80% speeders of 254,212,610 Vehicles on American roads = 203,370,088 Gallons a week
100,000 Americans a day get a speeding ticket
41,000,000 Americans get tickets a year
Eighty-nine percent of American say they’ve driven faster than the posted speed limit, and 40 percent say they’ve driven more than 20 miles per hour over the limit.
MPG For Speed Calculator
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Per Mileage Calulator
Speed Effective MPG
55 MPH 23.0
60 MPH 22.3
65 MPH 21.2
70 MPH 19.1
75 MPH 17.7
80 MPH 16.6
Tags: Speeding
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