{"id":360686,"date":"2026-04-02T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360686\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:58:13","slug":"aa-tells-uk-drivers-to-drive-slower-and-save-on-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360686\/","title":{"rendered":"AA tells UK drivers to drive slower and save on fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The AA said slowing down by that amount \u201cimproves fuel efficiency\u201d while still \u201ckeeping up with the flow of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/li\/traffic.in.Oxford\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">traffic<\/a>\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It advised motorists to avoid \u201ccontinuous harsh braking\u201d by anticipating traffic lights, roundabouts and changing traffic flow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  AA president Edmund King said: \u201cIt is well worth drivers adapting their driving style and speed both to save money and enhance safety.\n<\/p>\n<p>  5 Tips to make your fuel last longer<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe estimate that diesel drivers can save \u00a310 per tank by changing their driving style.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr King also advised drivers to use fuel price comparison apps to find the cheapest petrol or diesel for their journeys.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOften there are price discrepancies up to 19p per litre within short distances\u201d, he warned.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  All UK forecourts have been required to report price changes to the Government\u2019s Fuel Finder database within half an hour of a change since February 2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The data is used by third-party fuel-price apps and websites.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Motoring services company the RAC said the average price of a litre of diesel at UK forecourts on Wednesday was 184.2p.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  That is up 29% from 142.4p when the war began on February 28.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The average cost of petrol stands at 153.7p per litre, which represents a 16% increase from 132.8p when the war started.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Oil prices \u2013 which have a significant effect on the cost of wholesale fuel \u2013 have soared in response to Iran\u2019s stranglehold on tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Motoring research charity the RAC Foundation estimated that rises in pump prices have led to motorists paying an additional \u00a3583 million for petrol and diesel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This consists of \u00a3439 million for diesel and \u00a3144 million for petrol.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The disparity is caused by a combination of the record price gap between the fuels and the fact that more diesel is sold.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The figures are based on average daily pump price rises and last year\u2019s fuel consumption rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AA said slowing down by that amount \u201cimproves fuel efficiency\u201d while still \u201ckeeping up with the flow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-360686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}