10 Reasons to Ditch the Car
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 05. 7.07
It's like the David Letterman Show here today, with ten lists all over. This morning we had ten reasons to hate sprawl, and now we have 10 good reasons to ditch the car, from a personal finance advice website, yet, via thatswell at Hugg. None of the reasons have to do with global warming, fighting terrorism or improving urbanity (well, one does) ; they are far more straightforward:
No car payment
No car insurance:
No pain when gas prices increase
No car repair bills
Better health
Environmentally friendly
No gym membership
Better organization
Better organization
A much healthier bank account
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That's all fine and good, but burdening your friends with driving your butt all over town is NOT cool.
1...because French hooligans will burn it when you are asleep at night.
Ba dum bum ching.
Yes, I can ride my bike to work and be very dead very quickly. First have the government build safe bike trails please.
If your friends don't want to drive you somewhere in their car, they can say so. On the other hand, if they like to share their car (like my husband does, since it makes him feel less guilty for owning one), then they will be happy to do so. No burdening necessary, since it's up to them to decide if they want to do it or not.
"A much healthier bank account"
How does that add to the list anything not already added by points 1, 2, and 3, which have saving money as their goal?
And why is "better organization" repeated?
Finally, "no gym membership" presumes that most drivers have a gym membership, which is false.
This is more like a top 5 list.
LA: I accidentally typed better organization twice. I could use better proofreading.
I would recommend an upgrade to an electric bike. They cost a bit more but are a lot faster.
Absolute crap
public transport is a joke
In addition to the ten above here's some more.
11. Little to no HASSLES with local law enforcement/DMV for BS reasons. EX: Your car not being "properly registered". Bikes require no "proper registration". Shoes don't either...although, watch for upcoming legislation.
12. Parking tickets. NO parking tickets!
13. No nonsense pertaining to traffic court dates!
14. Likely, fewer points on your license.
15. Not having help "JOHNNY LAW" meet his monthly quota*
16. Shady mechanics.
Need I say more?
* For those who don't believe cops have a monthly quota: drive your vehicle through Covina California between 11:00am and 3:30pm towards the end of the month. Play a game of count the cops with your passenger...You'll make a whole lotta gas money!
:-)