TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Driver behavior effects on fuel consumption in urban driving
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Evans, Leonard
SP  - 437
EP  - 442
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
N2  - Data are examined from two published experimental studies in which drivers were instructed to drive other than normally, with the traffic: for example, to minimize fuel consumption or to minimize trip time. It is found that, in general, for each one percent increase (decrease) in trip time compared to driving normally with the trffic, the fuel consumption increases (decreases) by ∼1.1%. However, expert drivers can save fuel without increasing trip time by skillfully adjusting their speed to avoid stops at traffic signals. It is shown that the formal problem to be solved to minimize fuel consumption on an urban trip is so complicated that even a "perfect" fuel economy meter would not enable a driver to achieve this minimum.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181378022001117
ID  - ref1
ER  -