I’VE SAID BEFORE that I’d believe that people were feeling the pinch of gas prices when they started driving more slowly. I haven’t seen much evidence of that around here, but there’s this report: Drivers Conserving Gas As Prices Continue To Rise. A close reading, however, suggests that the trend is less than universal: “Most drivers still appear to be winking at posted speed limits because they say their time is worth more than the gas they’d save by slowing down.”