Ecosafe Driving: DVSA Safe Driving for Life Series

By DVSA The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Do you want to save money and do your bit for the environment? Check out the Ecosafe Driving eBook from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Packed full of essential information for your life on the road, it includes sections on driving economically, buying an eco-friendly vehicle and planning your journey. There are also links to useful resources and practical tips to help you be a safer and more economical driver.

Five reasons to buy it:

1. Save money – learn how to drive economically, with tips on reducing fuel consumption

2. Keep yourself safe – develop your planning, perception and anticipation skills

3. Avoid congestion – prepare for your journey and keep clear of those traffic jams

4. Go green – find out how to reduce your emissions and help the environment

5. For everyone – indispensable advice for all drivers, whether you’re learning to drive or you’ve been behind the wheel for years

• Language: English
• Publisher: TSO
• Release date: Jan 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9780115532870

DVSA The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Transport. We improve road safety in Great Britain by setting standards for driving and motorcycling, and making sure drivers, vehicle operators and MOT garages understand and follow roadworthiness standards. We also provide a range of licensing, testing, education and enforcement services.

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Safe Driving for Life Series

Ecosafe and economical driving

Introduction

What you can do

Transport is an essential part of modern life, but we can’t ignore its environmental consequences – local, regional and global. There’s increasing public concern for the protection of our environment, with the result that many motor manufacturers are devoting more time, effort and resources to the development of environmentally friendly vehicles.

But you, as a driver, can also help. If you follow the principles of ecosafe driving set out in the following pages, you’ll become a more environmentally friendly driver and

your journeys will be more comfortable

you could considerably reduce your fuel bills

you could reduce those emissions that cause damage to the atmosphere.

In addition, you’ll become a safer driver as you develop your planning, perception and anticipation skills to a high level.

Try to drive in an ecosafe manner at all times, whether you’re driving for business or for pleasure. Fuel, like all forms of power, costs money as well as having an impact on the environment. Minimising the fuel or power you use is always important, both for the planet and for your pocket.

However, although it’s good to save fuel, you mustn’t compromise your own safety or that of other road users when attempting to do so. Road safety is more important than saving fuel. At all times you should be prepared to adapt to changing conditions and it may be that you have to sacrifice fuel-saving for safety.

driving in an ecosafe manner

The effects of pollution

Air pollution contributes to health problems for many people. In densely populated areas, traffic is the biggest source of air pollution. Road transport accounts for