How to Make It to Your Destination When You Run Out Of Gas It’s not all that uncommon for people to run out of gas on the road. Maybe it hasn’t happened to you or anyone you know but it does happen. In fact, over 100,000 people ran out of gas in 2006 while driving according to statistics compiled by AAA. That’s over 8,000 people each month in a given year! How could this happen? The rising cost of gas makes it that much harder for drivers to keep their fuel tank level above the recommended one-fourth Running out of gas isn’t as easy as filling it back up again. An empty tank of gas can ruin your fuel pump system from the fuel line to the injectors and so forth. The damages will surmount to hundreds of dollars in mechanical repairs. Beyond that, running out of fuel while driving is drastically hazardous to your safety. It is much harder to pull over when your car shuts off and requires a skilled defensive driving technique to avoid further incident and accident. Also, if you think that your fuel gauge is 100% accurate in depicting your fuel level, you are 100% wrong. Most often, people run out of gas and are left stranded, on E, because they figured they could make it to the next stop or fuel up later. Below are some tips to stay safe and to avoid running out of gas:
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