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UPS Trying to Eliminate Left Turns

In an order to save fuel UPS is using software to dramatically reduce the number of left turns their drivers take.

It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn, is minutely wasteful — of time and peace of mind, for sure, but also of gas and therefore money. Not a ton of gas and money if we’re talking about just you and your Windstar, say, but immensely wasteful if we’re talking about more than 95,000 big…


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