Going Carless

Why You Don’t Want a Car

1. No more being ripped off by car dealers and their phony warrantees where you have to agree to let them change your oil for over  a pop.
2. No more being ripped off by car insurance companies that double your rates when you make a claim.
3. No more letting the fat cats at Exxon rip you off for gasoline and oil.
4. No more letting dictators in oil-exporting countries rip you off.
5. No more being ripped of by the local repair and collision garages.
6. No more being ripped off for parking.
7. No more wasted hours looking for a parking space.
8. No more back seat and trunk full of crap left there by other people.
9. No more hit and runs in the super market parking lot.
10. No more watching your  beauty gradually turn into a pile of rust.
11. No more licence fees and gas tax for the government to waste.
12. No more contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and hence global warming and freakish weather like Hurricane Katrina.
13. No more playing chauffeur to your kids. You are turning them into couch potatoes.
14. No more having your car stolen and trashed by a gang of teens.

Alternatives

1. Walk.
2. Bike.
3. Public transport.
4. Hitchhike. There are still parts of the world where this is considered safe.
5. Get a ride with some else going your way, e.g. shopping.
6. Car pooling.
7. Human-powered vehicle.
8. Electric car.
9. Taxi. For most people, doing the same amount of travel as they do by car with taxis is actually cheaper when you add in all the expenses.
10. Occasional car rental — rent the kind of vehicle you need just for the occasion, a snappy sports car, a camper, an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), a moving van.
11. Vehicle timeshare.

1. Smaller or more fuel efficient vehicle.
2. Hydrid car.
3. Keep your car, but replace some of your transportation.
4. Trip batching, e. g. do your grocery shopping only every two weeks rather than daily.
5. Buy an extra vehicle specialised for commuting.
6. Cut your driving commitments. Let others make their own way.

My Personal Story

Fast Bicycles

I used to live on Quadra Island. A fellow islander Sam Whittingham is the world’s fastest cyclist, 36.79 metres/sec (82.30 mph), riding an enclosed recumbent bike designed by Georgi Georgiev of Varna on nearby Gabriola Island.

Sam Whittingham

Sam Whittingham

Book referral for Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

	recommend book⇒Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile
	by	Taras Grescoe	978-0-8050-9199-1	paperback
	birth	1967 age:50	978-0-8050-9173-1	hardcover
	publisher	Times Books	B0071VUU3I	kindle
	published	2012-04-24
Grescoe travelled the world to see how people get around in various cities. Even in China where cars are exploding the planners have build the largest mass transit system in the world. They realise the car will soon hit a wall. He points hout that Toronto has the highest commuter pain index in the world. Not only is congestion psychologically painful it is extremely costly in terms of wasted gas and lost time.
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