I hate the commute home.

[kris]

Originally posted by boingo82


So, you left it in third the whole way? :finger:

Actually I was in fifth. :o I dont drive the G20 anymore.

[primera man]

I'm only 5.5km from work so i either bike or run. Save's the K's on the car.
90% Of the time i go to work there is hardly anyone else about so its really good if i do have to take the car. About 8mins if all the lights are green

[Heep]

Lol, just today I was discussing with some fellow students the different ways different areas determine length. For example, an American will typically give the distance to work, to the store, etc etc in miles. A European will typically do the same in kilometres. But almost ALWAYS, a Canadian will give the length to the store in time. I drive the same route to school almost every day (unless I want to spice things up, then I take a different route and end up in a different mood the rest of the day ) for about 11 months total, 4 or 5 days a week. I still have absolutely no idea how many kms it is from my house to school, all I know is the school is 15 minutes away. The grocery store is 10, East Side Mario's is 5, and Toronto is an hour. I quite honestly have absolutely no idea the distance, and couldn't come close to guessing the correct kms if I tried. Just a little observation we had today

[tazdev]

I too tend to judge distances by time rather than distance. Don't know why I just do

[speediva]

I judge distance on time as well... I don't like using miles... Why bother? Most roads don't go directly from point A to point B anyway. Sure, I may live about 10 miles due South of Pittsburgh, PA but I'll be damned if it doesn't take me 1/2 an hour to get there on a GOOD day.

[higgimonster]

I always judge distance by time. because who gives a damn how far it is. the only thing that matters is how long it will take to get there. I know that if I left for school before 7am I would be there around 7:15. But if I left after 7am then I would get there around 7:50. Thus, distance does not matter.

Boingo:
Yeah, I have been to that site. He did a lot of the same stuff I did when I was driving. Exept for the constant velocity thing. After I read that a couple years ago I have tried it on a couple occasions and it deffinetly works. As far as traffic acting as a wave, it is absolutely true. All you need is one FUCKING asshole (sorry, I get road rage just thinking about it :rocket: ) to over brake (like my mom does) and traffic is all fucked up for the rest of rush hour.
I need to stop thinking about this cause I am liable to go and kill someone (and I have seriously considered it a couple of times when dealing with New Jersey drivers, no joke. God they suck).

[Focus2000]

Originally posted by higgimonster
I know that if I left for school before 7am I would be there around 7:15. But if I left after 7am then I would get there around 7:50. Thus, distance does not matter.

Weird but true. My daily commute is 32 miles each way, which usually takes about an hour. But if I set off 5 minutes late it can add 15 minutes to the journey, and heaven help me if I'm running more than 10 minutes late. Usually it's down to all the parents rushing out to do the school-run, which is why I love the school holidays as they usually knock about 15 minutes off my journey time.

Boingo - interesting site, the 'traffic wave' theory seems to make sense. I'll have to try it next time I'm on the motorway.

[boingo82]

We use distance here, as there is no such thing as rush-hour-traffic. There are, however, plenty of idiot drivers, but most are trying to kill others by driving dangerously fast, not slow. Thus, distance translates directly into time, and I have no way of testing out those traffic theories. It's an interesting site, though the author's too cocky.

[DMC12]

Heep, add L.A. commuters to the list of drivers who use time not miles (since its all relative here).

My commute is 1 to 1-1/2 hours I put 22,000 miles on my car each year.

[boingo82]

Originally posted by DMC12
Heep, add L.A. commuters to the list of drivers who use time not miles (since its all relative here).

My commute is 1 to 1-1/2 hours I put 22,000 miles on my car each year.

I put 5,000 miles on my Sentra one month, when I had a 120 mile daily commute.

[replicant_008]

Since I started my new job, I've had to perform some major changes in my environmental paradigm. Like Boingo suggested I used to figure my weekly drive to the mountain was 3/12 hours - operating on the theory I would cover 110km or about 70 mph per hour and knowing my speed in each of the sectors I could often work out where we were on elapsed time.

Since I took my new job last week, I'm now faced with the prospect that my 10 mile commute has taken 2 hours. Which is doing my head in.

Next week I'm going to experience with a carless day by taking the ferry and walking the last mile to work.