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Majority of Vietnamese drivers don't know how to save fuel: study

Xinhua, March 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

About 77 percent of Vietnamese drivers do not know how to save fuel even though many see fuel efficiency as important, a new study revealed.

The Shell Fuel Efficiency Fact or Fiction Report on Vietnamese drivers' behavior released on March 5 showed that 87 percent of the drivers surveyed consider fuel efficiency an important matter, but 77 percent admit they do not know how to save fuel.

The Shell Fuel Efficiency Fact or Fiction Report was commissioned by U.S.-based oil company Shell and conducted by independent research firm Edelman Berland in December 2014, the Tuoi Tre News reported Tuesday.

The survey used an online questionnaire with a nationally representative sample of 1,000 drivers aged 18 to 40.

In the study, 64 percent of the respondents say they feel anxious about trying to decide how best to save fuel, leading many to apply peculiar fuel saving ways.

It shows that 85 percent of respondents warm up their engine before setting off to make them more fuel efficient, while 41 percent think filling up at night does the same trick.

Meanwhile, 97 percent practice driving slowly all the time to help them save fuel, and 83 percent keep their engine running to avoid frequent restarts.

According to Tran Hong Van, general manager of Shell Vietnam, some of the practices revealed through the study were actually wasting fuel rather than helping conserve it.

The study also showed that 57 percent of responding drivers said that they are responsible for saving fuel for the future, while 79 percent are looking to scientists to do that, in addition to 70 percent putting their trust in engineers.

Drivers are unable to distinguish between different types of lubricants, with seven out of 10 (71 percent) not knowing the difference between a mineral and synthetic engine oil/lubricant, said the study. Endi