Fuel Economy Tip - Accelerate Before You Reach the Hill

First off, I just want to thank whoever posted yesterday's tip on Fark.com. This site definitely got more hits in one day than it has in the past month. Thanks.

Today's tip is more of a common sense driving tip, but is a good way to help you save some gas.

Accelerate before you start going up a hill.

A lot of this goes back to anticipating and paying attention to the road ahead while you're driving. When you're driving, especially on flat terrain, and you see a large hill, go ahead and gently accelerate before you get on the hill.

The reason being, you're already going to expend more gas by going up the hill, you're only going to exacerbate the problem by waiting to jam on the accelerator to maintain speed.

So, by slightly accelerating before you start up a hill, you should be able to maintain much of your speed while not having to use as much gas.