Tag: driving
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On Not Driving People for Free
Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago I would drive people to and from glocals activities for free. A diving friend of mine had excellent service. I drove to his home to pick him up, and then drive to dive sites. One day I decided that I wanted to go for a hike with a group, rather…
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What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a follow up to yesterday’s blog post the last thing that I searched for was the travel times between Nyon and Le Pont, the train time between Le Pont and Vallorbe and the driving time between Le Pont and Moléson-Sur-Gruyère and the time for a little détour to pick someone up…
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The Decision Not to Drive For Sports On a Sunday
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend I could have gone to Bellevaux for the VF, Thones for the VF, Kandersteg for the VF, and gone to Charmey, Rocher de Naye and one other places for hikes and climbing. I chose to do none of these things. My reason for this is to save money on petrol,…
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Fleeting Nine Hundred and Sixty Kilometre Range
Reading Time: < 1 minute[{.alignnone}](/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3360-300×225.jpg) For a brief instance I saw that I had a 960km range with the car. It was brief because as soon as I accelerated above a certain speed the reading went down to a normal reading. It would have been nice to have such a long…
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The Desire for a Road Trip
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlmost every time I get into the car I wish I was going on a road trip. I wish I was driving from point A to point B and that the drive would take hours, rather than minutes. As much as I hate “commuting” between point A and point B on a…
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The Absurdity of Driving Culture
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a long time I thought that driving would give me freedom. I was impatient to be old enough to drive, and then I was impatient to pass my driving test. I failed the theory three times in Switzerland, zero in England, and the practical in England once, and once in Switzerland.…
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A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019
Reading Time: 5 minutesAccording to streetlight data walking in the US has declined over the past three or four years. The decline was by up to thirty six percent from 2019-2022. The clearest reason for this is that 2019 and 2020 were walking honeymoon periods. By this I mean that for the duration of lock…
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The Amplified Case for Car Free Cycling and Walking Routes
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the near future we may see many more self-driving cars from many different manufacturers. If this is the case then we should think about reducing the number of roads and lanes devoted to cars. As robots drive cars, rather than humans so safety distances no longer need to exist, because every…
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Driving in the rain
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday i drove through the rain for two hours at night and it was so demanding that i stopped the audiobook to focus on driving. It was harder to see the lines, and the rain was heavy enough to impact visibility. I made it but i would think twice about driving…
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Tomorrow I Have The Long Drive
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow I have the long drive. For 12 hours or so I will be driving the car with few stops and plenty of time to daydream.