This is too true to be funny. Americans are way too dependent upon their motor vehicles and are in fact, addicted to them. They routinely make trips that are entirely unnecessary just for the sake of driving them. If they had to walk or ride a bike, they would eliminate a very large portion of those trips and do a much better job of planning those they did make. I know this for a fact because I ride a bike for the vast majority of my own trips using my car only when absolutely necessary. When I am carrying a sack of groceries, motorists who pass me on the street think I am homeless and/or destitute because they cannot comprehend anyone riding a bike who could be driving a car. This is a very sad commentary on our society and one of the reasons obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Those same people are outraged over the high price of gasoline yet continue to drive their motor vehicles aimlessly. If the American population reduced their driving by even a moderate percentage by eliminating unnecessary trips and/or using other ways to get around, the demand for gas would go down along with prices.
This is too true to be funny. Americans are way too dependent upon their motor vehicles and are in fact, addicted to them. They routinely make trips that are entirely unnecessary just for the sake of driving them. If they had to walk or ride a bike, they would eliminate a very large portion of those trips and do a much better job of planning those they did make. I know this for a fact because I ride a bike for the vast majority of my own trips using my car only when absolutely necessary. When I am carrying a sack of groceries, motorists who pass me on the street think I am homeless and/or destitute because they cannot comprehend anyone riding a bike who could be driving a car. This is a very sad commentary on our society and one of the reasons obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Those same people are outraged over the high price of gasoline yet continue to drive their motor vehicles aimlessly. If the American population reduced their driving by even a moderate percentage by eliminating unnecessary trips and/or using other ways to get around, the demand for gas would go down along with prices.