Monday, August 31st, 2026, 3:35 pm
Cars Don’t Always Save Time
Filed under: Nor improve mood
erman cars are notoriously expensive to repair, but they are seen as reliable and cars in general are perceived to be time savers that simplify life and increase mobility.
But that assumes everything works smoothly all the time and that “third parties” don’t damage you, your day, your car, or even your life (fatality)
I’ve only just returned home from a run and a car near us got ‘knocked’ quite badly. It’ll probably cost a grand to fully repair/undo the damage. When I left there was no incident in sight, so it must have happened in the past 15 minutes or so. I saw another such incident near the same place only months ago. They put speed bumps, but they’re too low and don’t seem to be effective.
Optics at best.
I suppose the owner of the car will be one of two owners impacted by this collision, whose fault is probably one of them, not both of them. Now come a series of long tasks for both of them and probably no car for a week.
How does that translate into peace of mind and time savings?
