From Live Science?..
Consumer worries over gas prices and new fuel-efficiency regulations are causing automakers to get serious about trimming fat from their cars, with some even swapping out hard-copy owner?s manuals for flash drives in the push to cut weight. But an insurance company has compiled data suggesting that car companies? efforts are being stymied by increasing loads on one key area: the driver?s seat.
According to an infographic created by the insurer Allstate and Cars.com to explain the relation between fuel economy and obesity, ?the growing trend of American obesity adds unexpected weight to vehicles, making it difficult for consumers to realize fuel efficiency gains.? Indeed, studies suggest that America?s obesity epidemic is having a significant impact on gas consumption and fuel economy in more ways than one.
Allstate based its infographic in part on a 2006 study published in the journal The Engineering Economist. By comparing national weight statistics from the early ?60s and the period 1999-2002, the study determined that cars and trucks were consuming 938 million additional gallons of fuel annually transporting the extra weight Americans had put on, on average, since 1962.
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