Why do some people insist on driving ridiculously short distances?

Crock Rock

Two colleagues of mine, one of whom lives 950 metres from work and the other who lives 450 metres from the other side both insist on driving.

We work flexi time, I start at the earliest possible time and the one who lives 450 metres away starts at the latest possible time. The one who lives 950 metres away varies her time. So I can't always offer a lift to take cars off the road

I myself live 21.5 km. I've tried cycling but was nearly killed on two or three occasions and we have no changing rooms, despite having a mini gym. The bus takes two hours and I have to change in the city (as opposed to 20 minutes) and actually works out more expensive than the petrol. I even feel guilty driving.

Why do some people drive 450 metres.
Walk for fuck sake.

Plumbthedepths

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

morritty

Because they can, and want to.

accensi0n

Ask them.

DelBoy Trotter

Because they are lazy

whisky_galore

Slash their tyres
That'll teach them.

SEPT 23 1989

its not good for the car either

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

Women: They don't want to get their hair wet walking to work.

Men: Could be any other reason - literally anything - perhaps they need their car to do a spot of serial killing after work. It's much harder to be a good serial killer without a car!

I always found a car to be a good method for getting away from any work colleagues you don't like on lunch breaks too. Works very well that way!

Western Lowland Gorilla

Crock Rock wrote: »

Two colleagues of mine, one of whom lives 950 metres from work and the other who lives 450 metres from the other side both insist on driving.

We work flexi time, I start at the earliest possible time and the one who lives 450 metres away starts at the latest possible time. The one who lives 950 metres away varies her time. So I can't always offer a lift to take cars off the road

I myself live 21.5 km. I've tried cycling but was nearly killed on two or three occasions and we have no changing rooms, despite having a mini gym. The bus takes two hours and I have to change in the city (as opposed to 20 minutes) and actually works out more expensive than the petrol. I even feel guilty driving.

Why do some people drive 450 metres.
Walk for fuck sake.

Always a good chance of rain.

What if they want to pop straight from work somewhere in a hurry after work or at lunchtime

What if they want to carry things that they need/want in the car which may be useful to have during work but would be burdensome to carry on person.

What If they have been attacked on the street previously and are nervous of walking alone?

Cee-Jay-Cee

I used to work with a person who drove 200m from his house to work. Our office was right behind his house, only for the fence was too high he could have climbed over it. The office was 100m from a Y junction and he lived 100m on the other side of the junction. He drove every single day and drove home for lunch and back again afterwards. He didn’t need his car for work as he was office based, he was simply a lazy prick that took up limited parking spaces at the office and left others who had no choice but to drive to work to point park out on the road or much further away.

RandomViewer

Why not, last time I looked it wasn't illegal

Greyfox

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

Na theirs nothing wrong with calling lazy people lazy.

RandomViewer

Greyfox wrote: »

Na theirs nothing wrong with calling lazy people lazy.

Tell that to my HR manager

NIMAN

Some folk are inherently lazy.

Would these people you talk about be overweight?

Arghus

I know a few people who can not contemplate walking any distance beyond 100-200 metres. And are frequently stunned when you tell them you've walked 10 minutes to get somewhere.

Better Than Christ

Because they can. And they will continue to do so until a government is brave enough to disincentivise unnecessary car usage and treat it not as a right or an indulgence that can be bought, but as something inherently harmful to society.

Zebra3

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

It is other people's business though.

Needless pollution for starters.

irish_goat

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Jonybgud

irish_goat wrote: »

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Your medal's in the post.....:rolleyes:

Peregrine

Because we, as a society, have a car dependency problem.

NIMAN

irish_goat wrote: »

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Probably 2 issues when it comes to parents and kids.

1) Parents think there are paedo's everywhere and their kids aren't safe.

2) Kids are spoiled due to growing up getting lifted and laid because of (1) and as a result don't wanna walk, even short distances.

Redneck Reject71

One of the co-workers I work with, live 400 feet from the office. And she drives to it in her Micra.

NIMAN

Redneck Reject71 wrote: »

One of the co-workers I work with, live 400 feet from the office. And she drives to it in her Micra.

Bet you she's massive!

lainey_d_123

You don't know what invisible illnesses or disabilities they might have.

I love walking and walk pretty big distances on a regular basis (40-60 mins), would always choose to walk if possible, but when I'm having a flare up of my chronic illness, I get hugely fatigued and can barely manage to make it to the bus stop 3 minutes away. If I had a car, I'd definitely use it on my bad days.

I get a tremendous number of thoughtless comments from people who don't stop to wonder if the person they're slagging for being 'lazy' actually has a disability.

Neon_Lights

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

He has a point though those people are lazy as

AndyBoBandy

Remember that time the Fianna Fáil Ceann Cobhairle (spelt wrong I know) got a limo to bring him from Gatwick Airport South Terminal to Gatwick Airport North Terminal.

Before the crash, it really was different times.

Are Fianna Fáil not back in government yet????

Jonybgud

The amount of people who think they know everyone else's business to the point of knowing what's best for them.

Neon_Lights

Jonybgud wrote: »

The amount of people who think they know everyone else's business to the point of knowing what's best for them.

If you can't walk 450m you're pretty much wrote off

Pinch Flat

Just lazy. Some of my neighbours drive 700 m to the local train station. And pay €4 per day to park there. Bizarre. My sons teacher passes us in her car driving to the school. Must be about 400 m from her door to the school

Plumbthedepths

Neon_Lights wrote: »

If you can't walk 450m you're pretty much wrote off

A friend of mine suffers chronic fatigue, a 450m walk sometimes may as well be a marathon. Should I tell him he's lazy as a bunch of internet know it alls thinks everyone should walk be capable of at least walking this distance.

Neon_Lights

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

A friend of mine suffers chronic fatigue, a 450m walk sometimes may as well be a marathon. Should I tell him he's lazy as a bunch of internet know it alls thinks everyone should walk be capable of at least walking this distance.

Probably should point him in the direction of better management strategies and encouragement as opposed to turning it into a sob story.

NIMAN

Jez, thats tight.
I couldn't imagine having fatigue so bad that I couldn't walk a short distance.

Peregrine

Jonybgud wrote: »

The amount of people who think they know everyone else's business to the point of knowing what's best for them.

53% of journeys under 2km are done by car in Ireland. That's journeys that are less than 20 mins on foot.

It's not someone else's business. It's a pollution issue. It's an obesity issue. It's an emissions issue. It's a public space issue.

Neon_Lights

Peregrine wrote: »

53% of journeys under 2km are done by car in Ireland. That's journeys that are less than 20 mins on foot.

It's not someone else's business. It's a pollution issue. It's an obesity issue. It's an emissions issue. It's a public space issue.

For 2km the distribution is encouraging but let's face it, could be better

I wouldn't walk or cycle any distance on the road back home. There is no pathway and the drivers are lunatics. When I was growing up it was a much quieter road and was quite happy to walk and cycle on it.
Other places I lived where there were pathways I walked willingly.

lainey_d_123

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Probably should point him in the direction of better management strategies and encouragement as opposed to turning it into a sob story.

I know you're probably not the brightest spark, but the clue is in the name.

A good way of managing chronic fatigue is, you know, not exhausting yourself unnecessarily.

freshpopcorn

They probably like having the car to nip to have a break from you.

Jonybgud

This thread is the modern equivalent of 'the valley of the squinting windows and twitching curtains'

Report it if it's illegal, otherwise, mind your own business or you could end up with a fat lip.

Peregrine

Jonybgud wrote: »

This thread is the modern equivalent of 'the valley of the squinting windows and twitching curtains'

Report it if it's illegal, otherwise, mind your own business or you could end up with a fat lip.

"We have a public health issue"

"Curtain twitcher! It's their own business if they're poisoning everyone around them!"

Greyfox

Jonybgud wrote: »

Report it if it's illegal, otherwise, mind your own business or you could end up with a fat lip.

My housemate would say the same thing.. but that's because he's overweight and feels guilty about driving to the shop that's 5 minutes away

moonage

They probably say to themselves that they're paying enough in motor tax, insurance etc and why not get the full benefit out of it.

Anyway, the extra bit of CO2 emitted helps the surrounding vegetation.

Jonybgud

moonage wrote: »

They probably say to themselves that they're paying enough in motor tax, insurance etc and why not get the full benefit out of it.

Anyway, the extra bit of CO2 emitted helps the surrounding vegetation.

That's the spirit! I've the same right to abuse the planet as big corporate business. I'm going to exercise my rights. Nature is forgiving, right?

Neon_Lights

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

I know you're probably not the brightest spark, but the clue is in the name.

A good way of managing chronic fatigue is, you know, not exhausting yourself unnecessarily.

really how much of the population does that effect

pappyodaniel

I drive short distances to the shops but it's not down to laziness, it's more to do with social anxiety and and avoiding interactions with people.

NIMAN

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I drive short distances to the shops but it's not down to laziness, it's more to do with social anxiety and and avoiding interactions with people.

How do you avoid social interactions when you get to the shops?

ILoveYourVibes

NIMAN wrote: »

How do you avoid social interactions when you get to the shops?

Just be normal?

NIMAN

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Just be normal?

Eh?

Poster said they drive to avoid social interactions, presumably on public transport or walking.

But these can be avoided mostly.

Social interactions once you get to the shops is another issue.

ILoveYourVibes

NIMAN wrote: »

Social interactions once you get to the shops is another issue.

Just get your stuff to the check out let the person at the checkout do their job pay says thanks and leave.

They will thank you for not chatting their ear off. That's not a social interaction.

biko

Crock Rock wrote: »

Why do some people drive 450 metres.
Walk for fuck sake.

**** off back to Sweden Greta

irish_goat

NIMAN wrote: »

2) Kids are spoiled due to growing up getting lifted and laid because of (1) and as a result don't wanna walk, even short distances.

Kid looks spoiled.

Funny enough though, he was walking ahead of me this morning. His ma must have read this thread. :pac:

It's similar craic in my work too, we are located right beside the bus depot but people insist on driving and parking a 10 min walk away, rather than get the bus.

tuxy

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I drive short distances to the shops but it's not down to laziness, it's more to do with social anxiety and and avoiding interactions with people.

How does that help you overcome social anxiety.


When I did delivery driving for a take away many years ago people just across the street would order it delivered rather than collect.
Was always nice to get paid for just walking across the street.