I hate automobiles with the fiery indignation of a thousand supernova suns.
I hate what automobiles are doing to the environment and how they make drivers lazy yet lethal at the same time. I’ve always hated cars in fact, and I refuse to get a driver’s licence. Whenever I tell a typical car driver that, the person’s stunned expression drains of blood to a sickly pale and their bottom lip starts quivering. Then the inevitable question: “But.. but… how do you get around?”
No, they probably don’t stutter, I’m just making fun of them at this point. But that reminds me of the other thing I hate about automobiles - they rob people of imagination and ingenuity and toughness. They forget that for millennia mankind has walked with their own God given legs. People have become so obsessively dependent on these mechanical ozone-killing money suckers it’s scary.
That’s why I think mass transit and bicycles are the way to go (especially since the global consumption of oil outpaces production by a staggering margin), and this Kent Ultra Light Magnesium Compact Folding Bike
is a perfect marriage of the two forms of transportation. You can easily tote the bike with you on the bus, then unfold it and pedal off to work. And it looks pretty trick too.
You’ll save money, spare the environment, and save your self-respect.
I hate bicyclists on my roadway. I hated them when I rode bikes, it congealed into a cold fury when I drove cab, and now that I own a home, I wish to run them over.
But, here’s a compromise, asshat.
When bike riders are licensed (with the accompanying fee)(so that they can be cited for not obeying the rules of the road for wheeled vehicles as opposed to horses.) regulated (lic. plated with attendant fee), inspected (tire wear and brakes etc), with attendant fee, taxed (excise, annual) road tested with attendant cop (and fee), with license renewal every 5 years (with vision test and attendant fee) I will then be happy to share the roads I pay for with my fees, taxes, and gasoline purchases. Deal?