If larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more risks behind the wheel?
  • Tenderizer@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Why would you drive between capital cities? There’s public transport for that.

    I need to drive from the bush into the nearby major town and back again. 50km round trip.

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I’m on a visit to the wine region around Adelaide, and am staying in Willunga. The trips I’m doing need a car, and the timing would be similar and the cost higher if I had flown to Adelaide and hired a car for the month

      And I couldn’t have seen the painted silos had I flown

      And I couldn’t have seen the sights of the great ocean road had I flown

      And road trips in an EV are quite nice.

      You can make good savings by not having a car at all, but that’s not possible outside Sydney and Melbourne and probably Hobart

      • Tenderizer@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        3 days ago

        So I should spend more money and natural resources on an overpowered EV so I can save a little bit of money on a wine tour?

        Also, I’d just take the bus or train. I wouldn’t really fly domestically because planes suck.