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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:42 PM Original message |
How much unnecessary driving goes on in the real world? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. More like 50 to 60% |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unnecessary with current infrastructure? Likely not many. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Damnit I was trying not to make this an accusatory thread |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yeah, and I've got a nasty bit of scarred road rash to show that cars don't look for bikes. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You can't make generalizations based on personal experience |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. My license has been expired so long that I don't even miss it anymore |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. You are fortunate indeed |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. It depends. I don't drive unnecessarily. I can only speak for myself. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. None of my driving is unnecessary. I used to take a drive around the scenic |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. People I work with take their cars to go through the drive thru at a |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Obviously those 100 yards are quite treacherous on foot |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I walk it safely from time to time, but then I am sixty years old with |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. 5% of my driving is unnecessary |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Clearing your mind is a necessity |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. About 1/10th of 1% |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guess we'll find out when gas hits $10 a gallon |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Of course the cheaper the trip, the less necessary it is |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The real estate crash will have an effect as well |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. To answer that question, let me ask another... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. When I'm driving I like spaces that are far away |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's rare, I think |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I started parking in the first space I came to. |
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