Living Car Free - If you have a driving record, is it a good one?

Hey DeputyDog, do u have bicycle cops where yer at? If not, you could start a branch. Here the program is called C.O.P.s (community oriented policing).Tell me that wouldn't b cool. I'm originally from Wayne County, Mi. but don't remember seein em there (of course, they'd have to up their carry arsenal). Here we got em (Pinellas Trail, Clearwater, etc.) and they look like the happiest cops!
+1 on Bike Cops

Our podunkville city USED to have them but shut the unit down a while back. One of my personal goals as part of our revitalization committee is to try and get it restarted. As far as I know they still have the equipment. What is really stupid is that our city has 41 sworn officers for a city of 10k that covers about 5 square miles:rolleyes: and probably half of the force smokes and is overweight :p

Aaron:)

No accidents since a snowy day in 1973. No tickets since I got rid of those damn motorcycles.

I haven't had a ticket or anything on my record for over 20 years, the last ticket was for hitting a guard rail after losing control of a company car on black ice. Not that I haven't been in any wrecks since then though, countless crashes caused by other dumb drivers including one that sent my car rolling three times and landing on the roof with my cut and glass/blood covered head pinned to the headliner. The woman ran a red light while putting on makeup, t-boning my much smaller car at 50 MPH. I pretty sure if she hasn't killed herself since, she most likely killed someone else by now because we have MUCH MORE THINGS to do while pretending to drive than 15 years ago!! That was also THE afternoon I started wearing a seatbelt, just before that wreck...

Couple of speeding tickets. When I do drive I like to go fast. :)

Last ticket I got was in '84. I'm car light, but I drive everyday - I'm a truck driver.

Two speeding tickets in 12 years of having a license. When I was on a learner's permit, a woman driving an SUV backed into me in a parking lot, and in 2005 an elderly man rear ended me at a PA turnpike toll booth (sir: that was a Very Bad Plan).

These days if I feel the need for speed, I go find a hill. Just as much thrill, and and a lot less danger to me and everyone else.

I had a ticket in 1991, no accidents.

One of my co-workers said that I must be a pretty crappy driver, since I don't have a car. Actually, I had a couple accidents the first year I drove. Since then, I've driven quite a lot (unfortunately) and my driving record is absolutely clean. No accidents or tickets in 30 years of driving. (I still drive about 10 miles a month to take my elderly dad to doctor appointments, etc.)

Not braggin', just testifyin'.

I am an OK driver, but I am an accident magnet. In 2004 I was a victim in a hit and run overnight in my apartment complex parking lot. The police arrested a drunk driver in that same parking lot that night, but they didn't include my vehicle in the report since they didn't notice it at the time. I was in poor health so I declined to fight City Hall over it.

Last year I was struck by an out of state driver with expired insurance; the policeman who took his insurance information didn't notice the policy date, nor did I until I tried to track down the other driver. He had disappeared back to NY City, probably. I normally ride my bike through that same intersection, and I'm fortunate I was in my Geo rather than on my Trek when it happened.

Most recently a deer ran into my car in Valley Forge Park on my way home from work. Once again, the deer didn't stick around; he also was probably without insurance coverage.

Been driving since '77. Have driven my own vehicles and various military vehicles, on road and off, all over the U.S. and in parts of Europe and Asia.

I got a speeding ticket in, I think, '79. I had one wreck that was my fault in Georgia in '86.

My last ticket was in the beginning of February.

That's because I forgot the parking meter hours since I was riding my bike to that street so often. ;)

Car light rather than car free here, but pretty good driving record so far. Been driving 36 years, with one fault accident 3 weeks after getting my license. Other than a few spectacular incidents, my driving record is clean. I've been rear ended twice, once by a logging truck that went on to total out 2 cars after sending my car literally flying into the ditch (much better than the alternative). Been in a couple of minor accidents as a passenger, and hit one suicidal deer. Weirdest thing that ever hit my car was the ground, repeatedly, during a strong earthquake (Nisqually quake in Washington, 2001). Slammed my work truck around enough so I thought it was going to roll it. Had a slight whiplash strain in my neck afterwards.

I just got my license back this morning after being suspended for one year for an accident without insurance. My stupid soon-to-be-ex-wife who was "handling" the finances had a gambling addiction and wasn't paying the bills. In four days will be the fifth anniversary of the accident.

It actually feels good to drive again. I have a perfectly good minivan but it just had to sit in the driveway for a year and I probably only put less than 75 miles on it for the entire time. However I'll only drive it occasionally anyway and only if I have to use it. I will of course still bicycle commute and use the bus as often as I can.

I just got my license back this morning after being suspended for one year for an accident without insurance. My stupid soon-to-be-ex-wife who was "handling" the finances had a gambling addiction and wasn't paying the bills. In four days will be the fifth anniversary of the accident.

It actually feels good to drive again. I have a perfectly good minivan but it just had to sit in the driveway for a year and I probably only put less than 75 miles on it for the entire time. However I'll only drive it occasionally anyway and only if I have to use it. I will of course still bicycle commute and use the bus as often as I can.

Smurfy, you could've used that year to get rid of the car, and learn to be car - free, and change your perspective about driving. After an accident & a situation like that, I personally wouldn't want a visual reminder of all those things on my property .

Actually I did get rid of the car I wrecked. The accident was not with the minivan since I got that some time after I sold the car so I was car-free for a number of months. I got the minivan to go to biking venues and stuff like that but I don't need it everyday.

I will be 41 in October. I have never had a license and I never will. My father said he will buy me any vehicle I want if I get my drivers license. I still ride my bike. I can't even spell license without thinking very hard about it. The people at my work always ask me if I have been busted drinking and driving which is funny because I do neither. They think I am weird because I won't drive while I sit and listen to them complain about gas prices, car repairs, traffic, can't find a parking space. I just tell them I can park right up front. They complain about clean the snow off the windshield and i always ask 'What is a windshield?' Burns em up. Plus I have buns of steel and they want them. Not sexually of course, just less flab.