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The disadvantages of the car listed below are all true; I try to bike
around town whenever I can.  However, it sure is nice to have a car to
drive to the grocery store when it's raining cats and dogs.

Also, I don't know about Montreal, but here in Michigan, it isn't
really safe to drive a car, let alone a two-wheeler, during most of
the winter.  

Jason Stotter
jasonmax@hotmail.com

On Sun, 16 May 1999 16:00:39 GMT, mjvande@pacbell.net (Mike Vandeman)
wrote:

>On Wed, 12 May 1999 15:01:51 GMT, leguerrl@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Le
>Guerrier Louis-Luc) wrote:
>
>.What's the advantage of a car?
>.	It transports you from A to B.
>.
>.And what else?
>.	It throws CO2 into the atmosphere
>.	It makes a lot of noise
>.	It takes some space, even when you don't use it!
>.	It can kill or harm people, especially if the driver is not careful
>.	   In fact, just in Quebec, over 750 people die each year from car
>.	   accidents, and many of them are bikers or walkers which are
>.	   neglected by aggressive car drivers.
>.	It's not a "natural" object itself (like a horse).
>.
>.
>.And what should we do?
>.	Transform some of our large cities, like Montreal, into environment
>.	and safety friendly cities, by gradually preventing cars from going
>.	in certain areas (like downtown), to eventually end up with a paradise
>.	where people can walk, bike, rollerblade, ski or dance, without the
>.	noise, stress and air pollution that cars create. Medium to 
>.	long-distance
>.	transport should be performed by trains, trollers, subway,...
>.
>.WE, CANADIANS, MUST ADAPT OUR BEHAVIOUR TO THE HUMAN CENTURY: THE 21st!!
>
>Bravo! Do you know about Carbusters Magazine?: carbusters@wanadoo.fr
>===
>I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
>humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 
>years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
>http://www.imaja.com/change/environment/mvarticles/
>More!: http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande