Not too obvious to the rest of us
How is it that the automotive industry is suffering? I live in a large city with far too many automobiles, and our public transit system has to fight for every penny. The bus comes to within five minutes walk of any place I need to go. By extension, the majority of my neighbours fit a similar profile, yet the number of cars on our street is still growing.
Most homes (close to here) seem to have one car per person, rather than one per household. As soon as the requisite age is reached, along comes the four-wheeled appendage. In fact, the house down by the corner has more than one car per inhabitant, which leads to overflow parking on most evenings.
Earlier this evening, as I walked down by their personal marshalling yard, one car stuck out (like a sore thumb), because the steering wheel is on the wrong side. Make what you will of countries that are in reversed drive mode, here in Canada the only vehicles that require right-hand drive are garbage trucks and street sweepers. That’s it; that’s all. Anything else is aberrant. Or a very special order at the dealership.
I asked my sons if there was a reason for this particular vehicle and received the obvious answer. The car is bait for girls. Beats me if it works, because I never see the owner with company, but I guess that you need a justification for owning a vehicle that must be a royal pain to drive around the city. I mean, I’ve used left-handed scissors. Not nearly as efficient when you are mildly dexterous. Driving close to the curb probably adds a level of difficulty to things like parallel parking or turning left at rush hour.
But, when you can own a car that serves only to attract gullible youngsters, the city bus will always fall to the bottom of the preference list.
