On 30 Aug 2015, at 10:52, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob W wrote: > >> And then there are all the other costs that car ownership entails. >> >> Owning a car is a modern form of slavery. Getting rid of mine was on a >> par with giving up smoking as far as feeling liberated is concerned. > > [...]t the > practical truth is it is quicker to go from A to B on most local trips by > cycling rather than car (although I need very little persuasion to take the > cycle!). You can spend as long finding a parking place as it did to drive > there - pointless. [...]
People can get a very warped perception of the so-called benefits of using a car. I've often been with people who've chosen to drive somewhere when I've decided to walk or ride, starting from the same place, and I've arrived there long before they have. This can sometimes be over distances of several miles, but because the other people have lost the very idea of leaving the car behind they have also lost the idea of how much it has crippled them. My normal commute to work, for example, is 8 miles each way, and cycling it is quicker than all other forms of transport. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
