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Need for speed? UMN researchers say arriving above the speed limit costs you — and doesn’t actually save much time
University of Minnesota researchers found that driving above speed limits in the U.S. wastes fuel and emissions without significantly saving time. Adhering to speed limits could save $22 million daily, 6.7 million gallons of fuel, and 57,000 metric tonnes of CO2, based on 2021 data from 120 million trips.
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