1. Modify your speed. Driving 55 instead of 65 can improve your mileage by a whopping 15 percent! Avoid jackrabbit starts – quick starts and stops use more fuel. Use cruise control on the open road to maximize fuel efficiency.



2. Shop around. On average, prices between stations for regular unleaded gasoline can vary by as much as twenty-five cents a gallon! Log on to AAA.com to access the Fuel Price Finder and the best prices in your neighborhood and workplace.



3. Turn off your car when it idles for more than a few minutes. When you can park and walk in as opposed to using a drive-through, walk. It will make you, your pocketbook, and the environment healthier. Avoid “warming up” your car, too. Doing so for more than a minute or two wastes fuel and is not recommended by vehicle manufacturers.

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AAA Southern New England, which has been teaching Rhode Island teens to drive for more than sixty years, is making driver education available to young people in Massachusetts for the first time.

AAA Driver Training School’s first classes are scheduled for July at the South Attleboro branch location at 405 Washington Street. The program consists of a two-hour parent course, 30 classroom hours, 12 hours behind the wheel, and an additional 6 hours of driving observation time.

Leave your car and worries about gas prices behind once you’ve found a place to park in beautiful, historic Sandwich, Massachusetts—and take a scenic walking tour instead! Start your leisurely morning stroll with a steaming cup of coffee or tea at the Dunbar Tea Shop on Water Street.Then cross the street to the circa 1640 Dexter Grist Mill, where you can relax by the pond, buy fresh ground corn meal, and pump your own spring water. Read more

Learn about AAA Drive Vacations close to home

Want to learn more about bicycle, pedestrian, or school bus safety? Looking for a program that prepares your teenager for driving—or helps the senior citizen in your life sharpen motoring skills?

Well, you’ve come to the right place here at AAA Southern New England, where Traffic Safety Education Specialist Diana Imondi Dias brings her fun and informative programs to schools, police stations, and senior centers across Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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