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WASHINGTON -- There is a way to save both time and gas when behind the wheel.UPS drivers steer with a strategy: right turns are the way to go.UPS dispatchers map out directions on tablets known as DIAD boards. IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({ "iframe": false, "addlSz": "", "element": "ad_N20006F.2C5B", "interstitials": false, "beginDate": "", "endDate": "", "getSect": "", "name": "square", "qString": "", "width": "300", "height": "250", "section": "", "useId": "13736555", "interactive": false, "useSameCategory": false, "topic": "", "swSectionRoot": "", "useZone": "", "type": "DOM" }); Every route is designed to take right turns whenever possible.UPS says left turns are less efficient because there is more idle time involved while you're waiting for oncoming traffic or a traffic signal.

n addition to saving time, making right turns also saves gas. Idling in a left hand turn lane can burn a lot of fuel.By going right, UPS has already saved 31,000 metric tons of C02.