This late-70s film, distributed to Bell System employees, aims to teach phone company leadfoots about the value of saving gas. It features an enlightened supervisor who, with the assistance of a real-time miles per gallon meter, teaches his wayward employee the value of smart driving. Techniques explored include:

• Keep tires inflated
• Schedule regular tune-ups
• Stick to 55 MPH on the highway (less gas needed to push the air)
• Don’t top off the tank
• Accelerate smoothly

Please ignore the irony that the sedan that they’re cruising around in achieves a “typical” 12 MPG while cruising around town. It was the 70s, after all.

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