Traffic jams are often causes in the way the article suggests, and if you drive at the average speed, instead of the maximum legal or safe speed whenever you can, there&#x27;s a good change the jam will have dissipated just before you reach it, and you&#x27;ll get where you want to go just as fast.
This means that the cars behind you (provided it stays behind you) also don&#x27;t have to stop.   Their drivers should thank you for saving their fuel rather than curse you for driving too slow.<p>To minimize fuel consumption, it&#x27;s best to drive in the highest gear, at the lowest speed for that gear.   Failing that, to drive at a constant speed in the highest gear for that speed.   If you do have to slow down, ease off the accelerator and change down gears, rather than use the brake.   This means thinking ahead.   You can do this when approaching a red traffic light, so that it will be green by the time you reach it.<p>There are a few other tricks to save fuel, such as driving at the minimum <i>safe</i> distance behind a big rig, and using gravity on hills to slow down or speed up.<p>This is sometimes called hypermiling: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Energy-efficient_driving" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Energy-efficient_driving</a>