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I have OWNED NO CAR for 44 years. I have had NO DRIVER’S LICENSE for 23 years. I am GLAD I OWN NO CAR! I would NOT keep any car if given to me FREE!
NO monthly payments, NO car insurance to pay, NO unexpected breakdowns, NO expensive repairs, NO waiting in traffic jams, NO traffic tickets, NO spending big bucks for car gasoline or electricity, NO vehicle inspections, NO hassle finding a parking space, NO parking tickets, NO driving SLEEPY (as I foolishly did often years ago), NO car vandalism, NO flat tires… I SAVE LOADS of MONEY!
If you have a fancy new car, do you worry every time you park your car that someone deliberately out of jealousy or that someone accidentally will damage it?
Before the hit-and-run I suffered one year ago, I had NOT RIDDEN in any car for 22 years. Since the hit-and-run, I have sometimes ridden in cars. But I mostly WALK and ride city buses. I WALK MILES on MANY days. I meet and talk with many people on buses.
CARS are one HUGE cause of the catastrophic CLIMATE CRISIS! CARS POISON Mother Earth — our ONLY HOME! CARS have caused WARS for OIL — KILLING MANY people.
I know OWNING NO CAR is easier for me as a single person than for families with children.
Having NO CAR takes me longer to go places and do things in town, but WHY RUSH through my life?
Two of my best DOCTORS are my two FEET for MUCH WALKING!
-Don Schrader