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In article <Jym.24Jan1993.1807@naughty-peahen> Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu> writes:
>>> Some how the concept of SHORT TRIPS has been disregarded
>>> or possibly there is a definition of short trip that I am
>>> not familiar with.
>> Short trip: any trip that can be completed on one tank of
>> gas or less. 
>
>=o= Well, that may be "a definition," but it's certainly not
>a useful one.  Unless there's a definition of "useful" that
>I am not familiar with.
>
>=o= Given that most auto trips are on the order of 6 miles
>or less, perhaps one could use "6 miles or less" as a useful
>definition of "short trip."
>    <_Jym_>


One *could* say that if one accepted as given that most auto
trips are of the order of 6 miles. But since that is incorrect,
the statement would be incorrect. The average miles driven per
auto per year in the US is roughly 12,000. That leads to an average 
daily travel of about 33 miles. As an example, I drive about 60 miles
a day in two 30 mile trips. I'm above the national average and
there are those below the average, but 6 miles is *way* below
the average.

Gary
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