Bedford Driving Lessons

Eleven families across the UK have successfully demonstrated that making simple changes to day-to-day travel behaviour can help cut family fuel costs by 27 per cent in just six weeks. This equates to a potential annual saving of £310 on family petrol bills. The findings come from the Shell Smarter Drivers experiment – launched to better understand how fuel savings can be made by real families undertaking everyday journeys. Using cutting-edge in-car telemetry technology, participants’ journeys were monitored over a six week period. The results, out today, have been independently analysed by leading sustainability think tank, Forum for the Future. They show that by changing behaviour in two areas – driving in a fuel efficient manner and local journey planning – families can achieve significant savings on their petrol bills. One family showed that it was possible to reduce fuel bills by up to 62 per cent, the equivalent of saving £710 a year. The overall winners of the experiment based on the two criteria of improving fuel efficiency and local journey planning were the Choo family from Cardiff. The Choo family managed to reduce their fuel bills by a staggering 57 per cent, which equates to a potential saving of £654 a year. Amanda Choo from the Cardiff family said: “We were astonished to see how much we could save by making simple changes to the way we drive and travel. We have changed our behaviour without needing to revolutionise our lifestyle. We encourage other families to follow the Shell Smarter Drivers tips – they really do make a big difference and once you start doing things like driving more smoothly they become second nature.” More