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About this time last year, when the national average price of gasoline was over $4 per gallon, many of us were obsessed with trying to squeeze as many miles as possible out of each tank of gas.Â

For a while though, as gas prices fell almost as rapidly as they climbed, many of us seemed to stop caring as much about continuing to conserve gas.Â After all, it’s much easier to look the other way when it costs only $20 to fill up when compared to the $45 it cost just six months earlier.

However, with the economy continuing to crumble, the job market getting worse by the day, and money getting tighter for the average family, it seems like now would be a good time to revisit those gas saving tips we tried so hard to learn last spring and summer.

Here are the 10Â Simple Ways to Save Gas andÂ Improve Gas Mileage:

Since you probably practiced some of these habit in the not so distant past, it’ll be pretty easy for you to pick up where you left off.Â For those of you who are new drivers or were slow to get on the gas conservation movement, try to incorporate a couple of these tips over the next few days.Â I think you’ll be surprised at both how easy these tips are to follow and how much you’ll end up saving in the long run.

Do you have any other suggestions or tips?Â Please feel free to leave a comment below!