Gordaen's Blog

There are countless tips for driving, but I felt like pointing out a few, because I’m sure the highways in the US will be crowded in the next few days due to Thanksgiving. The best way to drive safely is to be aware of your surroundings, don’t become angry (often leads to aggressive driving), [...]

So many sayings exist that are just repeated and repeated by a huge chunk of the population, even when evidence to the contrary exists. “Sports cars are unsafe” is propagated by the media and by insurance companies continuously. Extreme cases that prove the point are cited and extremes that disprove it are ignored.

The media seems to focus on gas prices, rarely noticing the other costs that are associated with driving. There’s no “one size fits all” way of figuring out what your vehicle really costs you, but I thought I would throw some general prices out there to open some eyes.

This was posted by Kashi on the MR2OC message board:

Public transportation could be really great, in fact, it should be. The problem with public transportation in America is that we are individuals, and we value that so much that we are willing to let a group (that we fall in) suffer in order to retain that sense of independence.