The CEI Group Inc. announced that a new DriverCare Web-Based Training lesson is available that teaches drivers how to save fuel and reduce the amount of climate-changing greenhouse gases their vehicles emit.
Named ECOdriver, the 25-minute online lesson, complete with interactive exercises and a final test, focuses on three fuel-saving strategies:
CEI says that by following the techniques the module recommends, students learn that they can reduce their fuel consumption by as much as 25 percent a year. To view the module’s key learning points and make a purchase, go to www.drivercare.com/training.
“The high cost of fuel and increasing concerns over global climate change make ECOdriver a particularly timely lesson, both for vehicle fleets and individual drivers who may be struggling to stay within tighter budgets,” says Ed Corbally, director of risk and safety services for CEI, based in Trevose, Pa.
According to the company, each gas-saving strategy is illustrated by a hypothetical scenario focused on people who learn how to improve vehicle gas mileage, such as a teenaged driver, a fleet manager and a married working couple; along the way, students learn a number of enlightening facts, including:
One of the lesson’s interactive exercises asks students to input their own driving profile and calculates how much fuel they could save from a combination of gas-saving techniques. A second exercise compares how much fuel, money and greenhouse gas emissions they could save a year when they buy a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
“A powerful message in the lesson is that by applying the techniques ECOdriver teaches, even drivers of less fuel-efficient vehicles can make a dramatic change in their fuel costs and environmental impact,” Corbally says.
