As a passenger in a car the other day, I noticed the extreme frustration that our slow acceleration after takeoff from traffic lights caused other drivers. In a ten minute journey, I counted no less than 6 instances where cars overtook us, using extreme acceleration and braking to do so. The driver's defence for the slow acceleration was that it is 'economical'. My question is: is it, when the fuel consumption of all drivers concerned is considered? For those who know their physics and maths, how many irritated drivers accelerating around a slow driver, or flooring it to get through traffic lights because the car in front of them took forever to get going, would it take to counteract the fuel conservation effect of driving economically?
