Yep. After being car-free from 1999 to 2004, I started driving a car again in February 2005. My job was a 70 km round trip commute, there was no public transportation, and February is winter in Canada ... as is March, April, and sometimes part of May. There was no way I was tackling a 70 km round trip commute in the winter by bicycle.

A couple years later, I spent about 4 months driving over 1000 km a week to get to and from uni + to and from my job.


I will add that I don't think of it as "backsliding" ... it's just life. Life changes. Sometimes you need a motorised vehicle, sometimes you don't.