Car travel is one of the highest pollutants into the worlds atmosphere and trying to reduce car travel will help considerably and try to use other forms of transport however if you cannot use other forms of transport change your ways when driving. Please use our carbon car calculator to assess your carbon emissions.
- Calculate the fastest route to your destination, review traffic hotspots and calculate diverted routes, less time in traffic jams.
- Leave for destination earlier or later than traffic peak times reducing traffic jams
- Review road conditions and drive smoothly avoid sharp acceleration and heavy braking.
- Drive away immediately from cold and not wait for engine to heat.
- Check tyre pressure regularly
- If stuck in a jam switch car off
- Use air conditioning sparingly
- Fast driving on a motorway and continuous fast and slow driving increases fuel consumption average speed of 55-65mph is considered the most efficient again depends on the vehicle.
- Avoid short journeys as a cold engine uses almost twice as much fuel and catalytic converters can take five miles to become effective.
- Accessories should be removed when not in use for example roof racks , bike racks as this affects the aerodynamics of a vehicle.
- Keep car serviced regularly to keep it efficient
