amey-
I feel less likely to be exposed to the virus in my own car than I do on public transport.
There is also the fixed costs bit. Lots of people that might ordinarily have a travel card don't at the moment so will have to pay for public transport. I'm still paying the fixed cost of running my car and the incremental costs of some short journeys are much lower than public transport fares.
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lots of busses go to the park, 2 national rail stations and DLR walking distance, why drive?
Obviously it's to avoid crowds and covid spreaders...
To go to a super packet park or venue or shop....
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Edit. This has been covered
New page fail.
Nothing to see. Move along.
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What everyone else said really. I'm not defending driving for short trips in London (which isn't what our Civic gets used for) and generally speaking I think people who do that are nuts.
However, public transport involves sitting inside with a load of strangers you don't know if you can trust and who might not be wearing masks - basically everything epidemiologists tell you not to do.
We tried taking a bus once ages ago, half the people on it weren't wearing masks and/or weren't distancing properly. If you're comfortable with that level of risk fair enough, it seems like a bad idea to me, but more importantly my Dad is extremely clinically vulnerable and my Mum is clinically vulnerable. I want to be able to see my family when I can without putting them at risk, which is why we bought our car in the first place.
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Why are people going to the park cunts? There's not much else you're legitimately allowed to do and people need to exercise for physical and mental health reasons. Quite possibly those drivers have no outdoor space of their own.