Difficult commutes: What should be design goals?(Re: Stop Comparing EVs to today's cars

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From: Will Stewart
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:00

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In <4d4fsd$is5@spectator.cris.com> grep@cris.com (George B) writes: 

>I later started working in Herndon. Since the Springfield Bypass did
>not exist at that time, I had to take the beltway to the Dulles Access
>road and then drive out to Herndon.  It was an hour commute on a good
>day and I never left the county. I DID find an alternative path
>through Fairfax and out towards Centreville. It saved little time but
>the drive was less stressful and more scenic.
>
>One day during a snowstorm it took me 8 hours to get home from work. I
>would NOT have wanted to be in an EV that day.

I remember that blizzard.  Cars were left all over the highway after
they ran out of gas.  People simply abandoned them and took off
walking, some making it home and other just stopping at houses and
asking for a couch in a warm room.

Right now, of course, I'm sitting at home because the third wave of
snow is coming in to add to the 25+ inches we have already received
this week.
(I know that's not much in some regions, but DC usually only gets small
deposits throughout the whole winter, and doesn't have the equipment or
snow-seasoned drivers to cope).  I assume Baltimore is in a similar
situation.

Cheers,

Will Stewart

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From: will1000@ix.netcom.com (Will Stewart )
Subject: Difficult commutes: What should be design goals?(Re: Stop Comparing EVs to today's cars
Date: 1996/01/12
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