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Drive $mart Wisconsin
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  • D$W Programs
  • What is $mart Driving
  • Why Drive $mart
  • D$W News and Activities
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  • Personal Auto Liaison

Why Should we drive $mart?

Driving is a privilege...But

Imagine that your vehicle is just a Tool to get from point A to point B...

Driving is a privilege...But

  

Driving is a Privilege, not a Right, but it comes with Unintended Consequences


+  It gives you freedom, flexibility, enjoyment & opportunity


-  But driving is expensive and can be dangerous 


-  Always has an impact on the environment

Unintended Consequences

Imagine that your vehicle is just a Tool to get from point A to point B...

Driving is a privilege...But

  

What are the unintended consequences of driving?


- Impact on you & your Family

- Impact on the World

- Impact on our Country

- Impact on the Environment 


Many of these impacts are seen while many more are unseen and as a result unknown.

Imagine that your vehicle is just a Tool to get from point A to point B...

Imagine that your vehicle is just a Tool to get from point A to point B...

Imagine that your vehicle is just a Tool to get from point A to point B...

 Your vehicle is a durable tool that must be maintained so it's in the finest condition to give you maximum results.


D$W will teach you how maintain this Tool and how to use it to achieve the best fuel efficiency possible.

Unintended CONSEQUENCES of driving

Impact on You

Impact on your Country

Impact in your Family

  

• Average cost of 1 vehicle is about $9,500 year to operate 


• On average, typical vehicle is 11.4 years old 


- Average vehicle drives 13,500 miles each year 


- 2019 average vehicle gets about 18-20 mpg 



Impact in your Family

Impact on your Country

Impact in your Family

 

 • Transportation costs are second highest family expense at 20% 


- 90 people die and 6,400 injured in auto crashes each day


- Average non-fatal injury cost: $80,000


- Average property damage cost: $9,300

Impact on your Country

Impact on your Country

Impact on your Country

  

•264 million vehicles in America 


• 392 million gallons of gas used every day  


• 3.2 trillion miles are driven each year 


• They produce 2.7 trillion pounds CO2 each year  

and 535 billion pounds of carbon

Impact on your Health

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

Impact on your Country

• Each time you drive, your vehicle emits toxic gases that should be considered like second hand smoke to the environment 


•40,000 fatalities on American roads each year


• Vehicles contribute 29% of all GHG pollution in America


• 200,000 deaths each year due to pollution

Impact on the World

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

• Burning one gallon of gas produces 20 pounds of C02


• There are 1.2 billion vehicles on the earth


• 38 billion tons of CO2 produced by vehicles each year 


Currently 417 ppm of CO2 in atmosphere, 

the highest in over 800,000 years

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

You will do Less Harm by Driving $mart

As you can now see, driving is a privilege that has a huge impact in every aspect of your life and world.


If you're open to try to do something about the unintended consequences of driving, Drive $mart Wisconsin is here to help you.


 By doing less harm in driving, you'll be a solution and not just part of the problem.


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