Why do many people drive vehicles?

[Bomb Shot]

Why don't they just walk or use transport.
What if a million cars haven't released carbon up the sky.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

When I was still in college around 80 miles away from where I lived at the time.

It would take about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to and from campus in a car even with Los Angeles traffic and cost me about $10-$12 a day. Factoring in used car price, gas, maintenance, and parking fees.

When I took the train that stopped directly AT the campus, it took about 4hours, including 2 train switches that were never on time and could often end up taking nearly 6HOURS to get me that same distance, sometimes missing my classes entirely...

For this "convenience" of public transit it cost around or over $20 a day!

Even worse yet, the trains all shut down at about 9PM, so if I was doing night classes I was screwed and would have to take 5 different homeless and drug addict-filled, urine and vomit-smelling city buses through the most janky and crime-ridden areas of Los Angeles to get back home at around 3-4am... In this case, I had only about 3 hours of sleep before I had to get up for the next day's train.

Meanwhile, with a car, it was not only cheaper, but safer, and gave me an extra 10+ hours a day to actually do things.

There is a good reason many people drive. Public transit is often pure unadulterated garbage. Unless you are some Euro-Poor living in a "country" no bigger than New Jersey.

[Anomalous ⁧ 󠁳 ⁧Anonymous]

it's either the public transport is ♥♥♥♥♥♥, or the location is too far to walk

[White Knight]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Sarge demands death by Snu Snu:

I’d hope not since you are far from it just as bad as us Americans if you really get down to it my friend.

More land, one-tenth the population. It is true that all of your problems exist here, the difference is that up here, it's way easier to see the nutjobs coming from a distance.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Sarge demands death by Snu Snu:

Also do no Canadians own cars?

Dog-sleds are the preferred mode of transportation up here in the North. Some idiots like to get towed by moose on their skis, but mostly it's dog-sleds. And ice-skating for shorter distances, of course.

[TWPanda77]

I live in a rural area so I drive a car to get to the city and so that I can do my work. There is no bus service and it would take quite a long time to walk 10 miles.

[Xero_Daxter]

Public transportation sucks in the United States. Another fun fact but the average commute to go to work is 20 miles or 32 kilometers.

[White Knight]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από TWPanda77:

I live in a rural area...

This is one of the few good arguments... but since you folks generally don't get good internet services, I just overlooked you.

It's true though, if I lived in the country, I'd be driving a vehicle too.

In a city, it's just selfish and stupid.

[Xero_Daxter]

If only public transportation was better then I wouldn’t need a car.

[[N]ebsun]

Wait 2 hours for busses, and spend an additional 2 hours waiting for busses, as well as walking 20 minutes to / from busses and only at times that busses are running, assuming they are not cancelled or late... every day ?
No.. I rather spend time in traffic - it takes about the same time but is more convenient in the end.
I could walk - but that would take 10 hours, cycling would take about 5-6 hours.. driving is about 25 - 30 mins and bus is about 1 - 1.5 hours.

[Ulfrinn]

Public transportation is annoying, tedious, even in countries that boast theirs being good. It will always be a lower standard than driving.

[White Knight]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ulfrinn:

Public transportation is annoying, tedious, even in countries that boast theirs being good. It will always be a lower standard than driving.

Because standing in a line-up at the DMV is so exilarating; Pumping gas is such a pleasure; Paying for repairs and check-ups is a blessing; Insurance payments are irrelevant... blah, blah, blah.

I just call a cab. Or maybe I catch a bus if I want to save some money.

You... well, you do you.

Having owned several cars, I happen to know how utterly stupid and pointless that is.

There is some benefit if you are terrified of raindrops, or if the idea of interacting with other humans makes you wet your pants... but from a pragmatic or economic perspective... cars are dumb.

[Ulfrinn]

Why would you stand in line at the DMV? After you have your license renewals and registration can be done online. And putting a nozzle in to fill it with gas is no more difficult than plugging it in except filling to on fuel takes no more than a minute.

Also trying to strawman as people who wet their pants in public because they don't want to spend a large portion of their day waiting for and riding public transit is a purely bad faith argument

[Goose]

because i can't haul 20 40 pound bags of chicken feed on a bicycle, not to mention a bicycle isn't going through the mud/up the hills around here. (and neither are you walking)
four wheel drive trucks are literally a must-have for me.

[Ulfrinn]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Goose:

because i can't haul 20 40 pound bags of chicken feed on a bicycle, not to mention a bicycle isn't going through the mud/up the hills around here. (and neither are you walking)
four wheel drive trucks are literally a must-have for me.

It's hard for some people to comprehend that there's more to the world than cities.

[White Knight]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Ulfrinn:

... Also trying to strawman as people who wet their pants in public because they don't want to spend a large portion of their day waiting for and riding public transit is a purely bad faith argument

Fascinating. Strawman and loaded language like "a large portion of their day"?

I use public transit... it has never taken up "a large portion" of any day. It can be frustrating to be sure, but compared to the alternatives, it is magnificent.

Of course, I tend to prefer taxis.

I was on a bus that crashed into a car, resulting in multiple fatalities... that didn't take up "a large portion" of my day.

Tell me more about worthless "strawman arguments".

[skOsH♥]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Bomb Shot:

Why don't they just walk or use transport.
What if a million cars haven't released carbon up the sky.

I think the thousands of airplane flights a day, are probably worse.

Untold millions, probably billions of tons of jet fuel, just burned every day in the atmosphere

Luckily those climate summits are attended by people in separate private jets