Originally Posted by
jon c.
No, I don't think social pressure per se is a major force in convincing people to drive. Any more than it is to convince them to use electricity. Living in a society where such things are the norm and readily available certainly enables greater usage, but that they are the norm is more social reality than social pressure.
I don't really see the psychological liberation in giving up either of these things, but I appreciate that it could exist for some.
But it's not just social "pressure"... It's also physical, the way cities are laid out, the way infrastructure favour's vehicles, the easier way you can get to your job and not use a bus, and roll up with a "Cadillac" instead of a "nova", err Prius C, pushes you to own a car/vehicle/and today that vehicle has
become a pick-up truck, (the "worst type" of vehicle for transporting people, that gets 1/2 or even 1/4 of the gas mileage, well because you can afford it, and well also because a truck is "better than a car" in the/your social standing's, around here anyways...
