Comments on: Poll: With Gas Prices Down Significantly Since Summer, Have Your Driving Habits Changed?

By: pays to live green

pays to live green — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:19:27 +0000

I am always trying to minimize my impact so I don’t like to drive regardless of the price. It does leave a little more money in my pocket though. I just wish I could work from home to avoid having to deal with gas prices and horrible traffic.

By: lizriz

lizriz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:59:18 +0000

I got a 15% pay cut at work, so lower gas prices yay, but my net effect is still in the toilet.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:30:55 +0000

I work from home, so I hardly ever drive. I think I fill up my gas tank once a month, if that.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:08:41 +0000

Unfortunately, we all need to care what other people drive due to global warming issues, congested roadways and the need to wean ourselves from OPEC oil. Our personal driving habits do indeed impact the kind of world we live in. It may seem like an individual choice, but it has global repercussions.

By: Kristy @ Master Your Card

Kristy @ Master Your Card — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:07:37 +0000

Well, this is a little complicated for me. I moved closer to work so that I could cut the commute time there, but I got accepted into a program at the university that’s 45 minutes away on a light traffic day…an hour on a bad traffic day. So, technically, I’m driving more than I was. All I can say is that I am infinitely grateful that we’re not at $4/gallon anymore! I don’t know what I would have done.

However, that said, I don’t go joyriding around town or anything. I do what I need to do, combine my errands as much as possible, and I’ve even taken to carpooling on errands. I still try to be frugal about it, but I do have the added expense of driving to school.

By: Asset Reconstruction

Asset Reconstruction — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:58:59 +0000

Its happens due to economy disturbance.Every thing is uncertain.I don’t think driving habits really changed due to the prices. But the thing is you have to re planned your budget again because you are not sure what is happened next.

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:12:17 +0000

I bought my most recent car in January of 2008 and started tracking my gas mileage. Since I’ve begun tracking my mileage, my habits are always with a light foot and heavy coasting.

When prices spiked last summer I did cancel a trip and arranged to work from home one day a week. So you could say my habits changed somewhat. But since prices have gone down again I still drive like it’s $5.00 a gallon and I just lost my job.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:52:25 +0000

My driving hasn’t really changed. I need to drive to and from work and the gym as well. The only thing I may change is I am more willing to drive around for errands or just to kill some time.

By: Travis @ CMM

Travis @ CMM — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:33:33 +0000

I’m one of the few that have changed driving habits. During the summer my wife and I made it a point to carpool back and forth to work as much as possible. But now we normally drive separately. With work being slow, I got tired of getting to work early and leaving late.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:08:17 +0000

My driving habits haven’t changed. I’ve always taken my son and husband to school (hubby takes the bus home), and we go to the store once a week and occasionally drive up to Idaho to see my family. We didn’t change in the summer, and we haven’t changed now. But we are happier for the reprieve on the wallet!