Who cars anymore?

By Leonor Vivanco, in today's RedEye.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 1, 2012 at 10:18am

He had a drivers license and gave it up for no reason? That's destruction of assets...

What if his next job requires him to travel? How is he going to get where he needs to be?

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 1, 2012 at 10:36am

To paraphrase and steal from the wise and sage Yogi Berra -nobody drives anymore, the roads are too crowded...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 1, 2012 at 11:50pm

My sweetie saw it too and brought one home for me to read.  Awesome. 

h' said:

I just got a glimpse of this issue a few minutes ago-- frikkin' love the cover. I think the whole shoot would make a great wall for next year's Bike Winter Art Show :-)  I grabbed a stack, for reasons I probably won't remember a week from now.

Permalink Reply by Bike Bloke on August 2, 2012 at 6:41am

Passing the drivers license test is so easy - I offer the standard of driving we witness on our roads as proof - that it really doesn't matter. I think he'd have to take the written test anyway. I imagine he'll just go out and get one if or when required.

Duppie said:

He had a drivers license and gave it up for no reason? That's destruction of assets...

What if his next job requires him to travel? How is he going to get where he needs to be?

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on August 3, 2012 at 3:20am

In answer to the original question...I do...though not nearly as much as before I started riding to work every day.

Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on August 3, 2012 at 4:04am

I do too, and I rarely think about "the open road" when I daydream about cars, which I love.  Labor day weekend I'm going to patiently make my way down to Indy with the other drivers on the road before savagely flogging the shit out of the car on a closed course dirt track.  I do this regularly with other people from all around the country who are Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) members.  I prefer rallyx on the dirt, but many more people do autox in big empty parking lots.  In either version you have nothing but cones to hit and I personally find it more of an enjoyable stress reliever than cycling and I'm not the only one who races with a thule on his roof.  There's a motorcycle track in WI that I can go to, a handful of soy bean fields one of the Indy region SCCA safety steward's family owns, and the Friendswood golf course driving range (where I'll be in a few weeks).  When there's ice on the lakes in WI during the winter we slide around up there too.

I also agree that passing the drivers test is too easy and using cars for short distance travel within a city is inferior to cycling most of the time.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on August 3, 2012 at 4:33am

On an icy lake...that's scary!



GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

I do too, and I rarely think about "the open road" when I daydream about cars, which I love.  Labor day weekend I'm going to patiently make my way down to Indy with the other drivers on the road before savagely flogging the shit out of the car on a closed course dirt track.  I do this regularly with other people from all around the country who are Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) members.  I prefer rallyx on the dirt, but many more people do autox in big empty parking lots.  In either version you have nothing but cones to hit and I personally find it more of an enjoyable stress reliever than cycling and I'm not the only one who races with a thule on his roof.  There's a motorcycle track in WI that I can go to, a handful of soy bean fields one of the Indy region SCCA safety steward's family owns, and the Friendswood golf course driving range (where I'll be in a few weeks).  When there's ice on the lakes in WI during the winter we slide around up there too.

I also agree that passing the drivers test is too easy and using cars for short distance travel within a city is inferior to cycling most of the time.

Permalink Reply by Carl on August 3, 2012 at 9:03am

I was car-crazy from age 5, and I've owned 11 motor vehicles since I was 18, but none since '08. I have an I-Go membership, but use it maybe 4-5 times a year. I don't even bike every day. I live in a walkable hood, and take the EL to work most times.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 3, 2012 at 9:15am

We know.

Cameron Puetz said:

When I last moved my apartment was full of such things.

h' said:

I grabbed a stack, for reasons I probably won't remember a week from now.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on August 3, 2012 at 9:24am

How do you like the I-Go?



Carl said:

I was car-crazy from age 5, and I've owned 11 motor vehicles since I was 18, but none since '08. I have an I-Go membership, but use it maybe 4-5 times a year. I don't even bike every day. I live in a walkable hood, and take the EL to work most times.

Permalink Reply by Carl on August 3, 2012 at 9:53am

I-Go has been great. Newer vehicles than I've ever owned, a very green fleet, and you don't have to pay for anything but your rental fee. I've used a pickup, a van, and several hybrid cars. I like that they are run by a great Chicago non-profit (CNT), and that they always try to get very efficient vehicles.

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