Message 31/45
Date: 07-Aug-03 @ 08:54 PM -
RE: lets loose cars
hey mick... not sure where you are, but here children under a certain age and weight can't ride in sidecars.
In fact I think it's 80 pounds now, must be in a car seat! Something obnoxiously "volvo" safe like that
cars wouldn't be such a big deal if the masses who move in the same direction at the same time were doing so together. This is sort of a better meaning of mass transit. If 50,000 people all move from one place to another during the same time period, why must they all drive there?
I enjoy driving to, guys... but I might also enjoy heroin if i tried it a few times. As i say, all's good in moderation.. but where your selfish behavior begins to damage a wide range of thigs which (at least by appearances) are seperate from you then a little personal responsibilty might be in order.
Hydrogen's good... But I think the disconnect our cars allow us is part of the greater problem of societal disinterest and a head in the sand brand of non commitance.
My mother lives in a gated community... children are only allowed to visit for 3 days... there's a grocery, a strip mall and a hospital all within the gates... and a golf course. they drive little golf carts everywhere... very clean!!! And they vote selfishly, they think selfishly, they have no concern for the greater community because they have disconnected from it.
This is a system built on the notion that we are sperate... that our actions are determined only by us because they effect only us... it's selfish, childish and completely full of shit.
And I believe cars are part of this disease. They carve neighborhoods with highways... they hide houses behind sound walls... and we take our individual selves to our individual cars and drive our individual little worlds around one another and pretend there's no responsibility beyond the individaul. And it's all broken, but we patently ignore this fact because we are taking care of ourselves and it's not our fault!
e