>>1878490Protection from wild/rabid niggers and homeless
Familiarity
Comfort
Control
Speed
Sunken cost
Conformity
All these come with a caveat for "in certain situations, this isn't so." But for every one category above you win, you'll likely lose on the others. Case goes:
Protection from wild/rabid niggers and homeless. This is the big one. Ignore all other shit, this is where they'll fight you on without saying it. For every blm protest/carjacking, there's ten headlines about someone getting beaten up on the bus.
Familiarity- obvious
Comfort- barring a really nice train, it's hard to beat a car. No exertion, either.
Control/power- you're in charge of a multi-ton death machine. This makes you feel important. Marketing is also a big part of this.
Speed. Sadly, even on days with traffic jams, and with bike lanes pretty much the whole way, I generally "tie" my bike time on the way home (is uphill). And if there's low traffic? I do even better.
Control/flexibility- What if they forgot something, or have to alter their destination, halfway through? On a car, you just take a different turn. On a bus, you have to hop off and grab a connector, or snag an uber if there's no good connector. A bike's not so bad, but if you forgot your panniers you're hosed.
Sunken cost- cars are expensive. Then you have to register them. Then you have to insure. You look at the fare and you think "gas is less than that." You don't think about how much you spent getting a car/insurance/maintenance/etc.,
Conformity- "The poor use the bus." Plus, what 'ties us together' is pumping gas, whining about gas prices, the car making a weird noise, etc., This is why they always say 'grow up, get a car,' etc., it's conformity-pressure, driven by marketing.
Disclaimer: I ride my bike to/from work, most days.
