| Show gasoline rationing cuts consumption people sometimes claim that gasoline rationing has not cut down the consumption of this commodity A survey however made by the plymouth motor company shows that the percentage of people who still drive the same mileage as compared with prewar days is but per cent those who drive 75 per cent of prewar mileage is only per cent or only one person in four drives 75 to per cent as much as he did in prewar days the majority of the people fall into the two remaining classes it was found that those who drive 50 per cent of their prewar mileage compose only 34 5 per cent ot of the total motorists and those who drive only 25 per cent as much as they did make up the balance of per cent these figures as you can see do in felicate a substantial reduction in driving and prove ample justification for the rationing program as a war measure |
