Why don't you own an electric bike?

[dang65]

I drive a car to work because at the moment it's 90 miles away.

90 miles?! Are you saying you commute 90 miles each way, or 45 miles each way? Even 45 miles seems a bit extreme. If people are going to choose to work at that sort of distance from home then surely they have to accept the costs in either travel or accomodation, let alone on their health in the forms of stress and lard generation.

[DimPrawn]

90 miles?! Are you saying you commute 90 miles each way, or 45 miles each way? Even 45 miles seems a bit extreme. If people are going to choose to work at that sort of distance from home then surely they have to accept the costs in either travel or accomodation, let alone on their health in the forms of stress and lard generation.

Daft permie alert.

[Moscow Mule]

Daft permie alert.

Come on, 45 miles is a long commute. It's almost worth moving...

[oracleslave]

90 miles?! Are you saying you commute 90 miles each way, or 45 miles each way? Even 45 miles seems a bit extreme. If people are going to choose to work at that sort of distance from home then surely they have to accept the costs in either travel or accomodation, let alone on their health in the forms of stress and lard generation.

I currently commute to Amsterdam on a weekly basis.

Previously I have commuted by car from London to Birmingham on a daily basis for 4 months and from London to Bournemouth on a daily basis for about 6 months.

[DimPrawn]

Come on, 45 miles is a long commute. It's almost worth moving...

45 miles on a motorway is 40 minutes. On an inter-city train about 30 minutes. Not really a long commute. Crossing London on the tube takes longer most days.

[TimberWolf]

I knew someone that used to commute (by car) 2.5 hours each way, per day.

[TheBigYinJames]

90 miles?! Are you saying you commute 90 miles each way, or 45 miles each way? Even 45 miles seems a bit extreme. If people are going to choose to work at that sort of distance from home then surely they have to accept the costs in either travel or accomodation, let alone on their health in the forms of stress and lard generation.

No, it's 91 miles door-to-door. 181 miles per day. Takes me between 70-90 minutes to do. It's not really a matter of choice - I'm a contractor - I go where the work is. I took it on for 3 months, then got extended. I've been here 13 months, but it finishes in 2 weeks. Next month, work could be 10 miles away, in 6 months it could be 300 miles.

Luckily I enjoy driving a lot, and it's a good 91 miles, (all dual or 3-lane, going against the traffic) - at the times I drive, it's not too congested, can keep up a good constant speed. Nothing like it on a light summer evening.

Admittedly 90 minutes is about the max I will tolerate for a daily commute, any more than that I'd stay over.

[TheBigYinJames]

Come on, 45 miles is a long commute. It's almost worth moving...

I'm not moving to Peterborough, no, never

[dang65]

If I may address your specific points...

Noise? Only if I floor it and then there is no sound more beautiful.

You're thinking of the sound inside the vehicle. Try getting out and having a listen. It's not just engine noise (they're pretty quiet these days), it's the tyres swishing on the road and the rumbling of wheels on tarmac. That's the sound you hear constantly in England unless you're in the depths of the countryside.

Dirt? You shed more skin on your cycle trip than my cars spit out of the arse end.

The roads are filthy. Coated with oil and grease and rubber. The roadside vegetation is covered in dirt thrown up by vehicles. Cycle lanes, pavements and gutters are full of gravel, broken glass and leaves, all thrown there by an endless stream of motor vehicles.

Congestion? Nope, I start work early and leave when I want to avoid congestion.

Nearly every road has rows of cars parked down either side. You personally may somehow avoid congestion, but only by going out of your way to get up early. Presumably you are acknowledging the congestion caused by motor vehicles when you take this action.

Danger to others? Well get out of the bastard way then!

Hmm.

[Xenophon]

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