In the news: Ban motorsports until gas prices drop

[blageo23]

My car is parked in the garage for now because I cant afford to drive the DSM. Im trying to look for a new job close to home so I can ride my bike too. I hate nascar, they could do away with it.
Plus what about cops that has been on my mind. They drive around in their crown vic all day and waste a TON of gas just to pull people over for something dumb. Like no front plate(well at least up here in the burbs they ant got nothing else to do).
And about most hybrid cars. They get like what 40-50MPG and a civic gets like 35. Not much of a difference. Plus they cost more to buy and what happens when the big battery goes out? they cost upwards of $10,000. So how is that saving you money?

[1slowdsm]

Isnt maintenance on Electric cars a lot more than on a normal gas car? You're saving money at first, then spending a ton in the long run to keep saving money...so that doesnt work too well. If we all drove motorcycles we'd all be happy :D. We wont have to worry about cars running into us, we'd save gas and have fun :D. Though shopping will be a pain..haha.

[Matt D.]

Hahah, I don't know if I should laugh or cry. The guy mentions motorsports but singles out NASCAR, and all of you fools jump on the bandwagon. Good show...

[s1ngletracker]

You ride a bike on my 30 mile one way stretch first and see how that goes.

And I can't move across the street from work and the cheapest house in this area is a half million.30 mile ride aint that much of a ride if you can plan your route out well and you're in any kind of reasonable shape with a decent bike. I ride about ~150 miles a week, so youre talking to the wrong person. Average joe might not like that though. I'm not saying people should move... but most people i know work within 15 miles of their job.

There's also busses, carpooling, hybrid vehicles... theres tons of ways to curb this problem and not curb peoples free will to have fun. However I dont think anyone considers their commute in rush hour fun.

ALthough I don't like nascar either.

[Onefast99gsx]

Shit, if it means le$$ at the pump, they could ban all forms of motorsports including drag racing. While they're at it, they could ban all sporting events. That consumes gas too because of all the spectators that drive to them.

[MATCHBX]

I don't think anyone would want to ride a bike 60 miles everyday. Work makes you tired out enough without having to ride 2-2.5 hours home afterwards. I live 30 miles from work and I am in reasonable shape. I would not want to bike to work everyday. I used to do that overseas but it was only 11 miles to work. But it was up and down a lot of hills.

Get a motorcycle and start enjoying a quick vehicle while getting 40-50mpg.

[FattyBoomBatty]

it's funny that that person who wrote that article thinks gas prices will go down. there was an article just this morning i think or in newsweek or whatever that said americans have an artificially low price on gas. everywhere else except for the oil rich mid-east countries has 7-8 doller gas. they used to think 3 bucks a gallon would be the threshhold for people to curb their driving habits, but now they say 4-5 or higher. i predict at 7 bucks a gallon, no one will buy SUV's. and we'll really start seeing CRX-style cars more.

anyway, iranians pay like 30 or 40 cents a gallon, lol.

[CDeutsch]

What an idiot. Where are the stats on the percentage of fuel motorsports uses? Like that would make a dent? How about all the gas pissed away in bumper to bumper traffic? Businesses need to allow more people to telecomute. There's no reason I need to go into the office every day (somedays I don't even talk to anyone in person) but the company I work at doesn't have VPN access available. Ghey. :rolleyes:

[JET]

How about more types of schedules? Instead of everyone starting at the same damn time, spread some of the start times out. I would start at 9 or 10 no problem. If traffic wasn't stop and go in the morning a TON of gas would be saved.

I rode the bike in today with the g/f, so the 2 of us used 1/4 gallon of gas to get 10 miles into work :D

[s1ngletracker]

I don't think anyone would want to ride a bike 60 miles everyday. Work makes you tired out enough without having to ride 2-2.5 hours home afterwards. I live 30 miles from work and I am in reasonable shape. I would not want to bike to work everyday. I used to do that overseas but it was only 11 miles to work. But it was up and down a lot of hills.

Get a motorcycle and start enjoying a quick vehicle while getting 40-50mpg.
I agree, it wouldnt work for everyone, the hardest part about a 30 mile ride is planning and finding a safe route. and obviously you couldnt do it in the winter without being nuts. But like for me, its not a big deal because I go home and ride for 3 hours usually anyway. but i dont ride to work, its ~38 miles and thats fugging far, so I agree with you there. Motocycle would be a good idea, but doesnt it really suck to ride a motorcycle in rush hour? Thats the problem

Jet has a good idea, people should spread out work schedules, but thats probably not viable int he business world we live in, schedules arent really determined by when everyone WANTS to go in... I dont think anyone wants to go out and drive thru rush hour. But i'm a programmer, there's really no reason why I couldnt work different hours, but my core company hours are 9-3, so i have to be at work those hours.