Driving requires you to be constantly alert, and if you screw up or don’t react fast enough, you can straight up die because of it. On a bus, you can be on your phone, read a book, take a nap, whatever. Driving is a much worse experience and even if public transit takes more time, that’s time that can be used doing things. That’s before factoring the cost (the car itself, gas, insurance), the environmental impact, parking, etc.
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1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Because its awful to go on public transport. Are you kidding me? You dont understand why people like cars?
For the same reason people like their own apartment or their own house. Other people are awful to be around.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Sounds like you like the bus, thats great. Good for you.
Jiral@lemmy.org 2 days ago
I guess that must be why living in Vienna gives you such a terribly low quality of life, as more trips are done by PT than by car and half the people don’t even own a car (most of them could easily afford one), compared to for example Fake London in Canada.
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I dont live in Vienna. There are actually other countries in the world and life is quite different depending on where you live. Thats why people dont have just one opinion about there things.
Jiral@lemmy.org 2 days ago
That is a bit rich from someone who did not start the comment by saying, “I find public transport awful” but as a general truth “Its awful to go on public transport.”
Same goes for your line about how people spend a fortune, just to avoid PT, when in fact, many don’t spend a fortune on cars when they happen to live in places where PT is decent and useful. Almost as if not so much the inherent general awfulness of PT makes people choose going by car but when PT is in that specific place just not good, people do so.
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
As a general rule, you should always assume people write their personal opinions here since its not a scientific paper you are reading. I would never assume that you speak for the world when you write a comment here.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 days ago
smelling bad
look who thinks their shit don’t smell
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
What if…WHAT IF public transport is funded and improved upon?
1984@lemmy.today 2 days ago
It will have other people.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Things are bad? Just make things good. Taht