(02-05-2015, 12:34 PM)Inessa Hara Wrote: Driving: One of the best and worst things humanity ever came up with.
I think my biggest issue is that you're a captive audience in a vehicle. Stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic or just behind two idiots who decide to take up both lanes going below the speed limit? There's... not a lot you can DO. You basically HAVE to deal with it.
Or you try to circumvent and risk either physical harm or fines for breaking the law. Squeezing through as soon as a space opens between cars could lead to a crash, deciding your above the law and going up on the curb will (hopefully) get you pulled over.
And if you're traveling long enough distances (which is a common enough case these days), there's not a lot of options. Taking the Metro, maybe, but that also precludes the proximity of a station both at where you're starting and where you're getting off. And then you're at other peoples' mercy there too: bus schedules, trains running late, and so on.
Not to mention how goddamn COSTLY a car is. Just buying one is a major money sink unless you get a used clunker, and repairs can get ridiculously costly. Some guy in front of you kicks up a rock and damages your windshield? Couple hundred dollars if the crack's large enough. Someone scrapes the side of your car because they can't park properly? More cash spent at a body repair shop.
I had a WINDOW MOTOR die on me on my last car and it cost $500 FOR JUST THE MOTOR.
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