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on the road
Preserve gas rather than pay for idle time
With the price of gas continuing to
soar, motorists can save money by
driving smarter. And part of driving
smarter means idling your car only
as long as necessary.
Follow these fuel-wise driving tips
to stretch your gas tank:
1. Start driving after no more than
30 seconds of idling, assuming
your vehicle's windows are clear.
(According to a recent car-safety
survey conducted by Leger
Marketing on behalf of Car Care
Canada. 12 per cent of Canadians
think that they should run their
engines for 15 minutes or more
before driving in winter.)
2. Stopping for more than IO sec
onds? Turn off your engine (except
in traffic). Idling your vehicle tor
more than IO seconds uses more
fuel than it would take to restart
your engine.
3. Put away your remote car starter.
These devices waste gas because
they encourage you to start your
engine before you’re ready to
drive. The result: unnecessary
idling and lower gas mileage.
4. When the temperature drops
below 0°C. consider using a block
heater to warm your engine before
starting it. This practice will reduce
engine wear, improve fuel efficien
cy. and cut vehicle emissions. You
can hook up an automatic timer to
The ideal car emergency kit
According to a recent car-safety
survey conducted by Leger
Marketing on behalf of Car Care
Canada. 32 per cent of Canadian
drivers carry no emergency kits in
their cars. If you fall into this cate
gory and want to make amends, what
should you include in your emer
gency kit?
Car Care Canada suggests that in
addition to a working cell phone,
you carry the following items just in
case you run into an emergency
while on the road:
Items for the trunk emergency kit
• Booster cables
• Chocolate
• Compact shovel
• CSA-approved gas container
• Extra bottle of windshield
washer fluid
• Extra set of wiper blades
• Fire extinguisher
• First aid kit
• Flashlight
• Gas-line antifreeze
• Lighter, matches, or candles
• Lock de-icer
• Puncture seal
• Road flares (red)
• Duct tape
• Sleeping bag or blanket
• Small roll of wire or nylon cord
• Tire gauge
• Traction material (e.g.. sand)
• Warm clothing including hat,
gloves, and boots
• WD-40
• Window scraper with brush
Items lor the glove compartment
• Auto club membership
• Coins for pay phones
• Emergency phone numbers
• Insurance certificate
• Maps
• Paper and pen
• Vehicle owner’s manual
• Vehicle registration
10 worst foods
to eat while
driving a ear
Eating is one of the most distract
ing things you can do while driving.
Below are the top 10 worst things
you can eat while you are driving,
courtesy of surveys by insurance
companies and data by the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
1. Coffee (tendency to spill; hot)
2. Hot soup (tendency to spill; hot)
3. Tacos (gets all over you and your
car)
4. Chili (drips down clothing)
5. Hamburgers (condiments get on
clothing)
6. Barbecued food (sauce gets
everywhere)
7. Fried chicken (greasy hands)
8. Jelly or cream-filled donuts
(centre oozes out)
9. Soft drinks (subject to spills)
10. Chocolate (gets everywhere
when melted).
turn on the block heater two hours
or so before you start the vehicle.
It you follow these four tips,
you’ll not only save money but also
help do your part to meet the
Canadian government’s One-Tonne
Challenge. This challenge asks
Canadians to each reduce their annu
al greenhouse gas emissions by one
tonne.
The harmful effects of idling
• Il wastes fuel: An idling gas
engine burns about 3.5 litres an
hour. And every litre of gas used
produces 2.4 kilograms of CO2.
Idling for 10 minutes a day can
produce about a quarter tonne of
CO2 emissions a year.
• Il wastes money: Idling for 10
minutes a day can cost you a lol
more in fuel each year.
• It contributes to bad air quality:
An idling engine generates twice as
much exhaust emission as an
engine in motion, significantly
contributing to air pollution.
• Il harms your engine: an idling
engine operates below peak tern-
perature. which impairs fuel com
bustion. Soot can therefore accu
mulate on cylinder walls, and these
deposits can contaminate your oil
and damage engine components.
For more tips on safe winter driv
ing visit Car Care Canada's website
at www.carcarecanada.ca
For more information on how you
can meet your One-Tonne
Challenge, visit
www.Climatechange.gc.ca
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