Yeah sure, I'll just walk to work, it's only 15 miles after all.
And then from work I'll just walk to my home visits, my teaching sessions etc.

If you can get by without a car then either you have excellent public transport where you live or you don't have to travel much.
( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 13:16, 1 reply)

Or, as people tend to build cars into their lives (living somewhere remote, or on an inaccessible estate in the sticks) why not try thinking about building your life around 'not' having a car?

You free up a lot of money if you're not ploughing it into a motor, so why not live more centrally, think about moving where you can walk to the shops / get decent public transport.

/smug
(Monchberter Can't go wrong with Doom, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 23:10, closed)

I'm a GP registrar.
As a final year medical student I was placed in a different hospital every 6 weeks. As a doctor I have been in a different job every 4 to 6 months for the past 5 years. My latest placement is a 40 minute drive from my house. My contract states that I have to provide my own transport not only to get to work but also to visit patients at home.
Admittedly I could have gone into a different career but short of that the last decade would have been pretty impossible without a car.
( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 23:24, closed)

I have yet to find such a thing as "decent public transport" - in this country, at least.
I looked into getting the bus to work instead of driving every day. I live in Derby, which although it's not the most citylike of cities I've ever known isn't exactly a backwater hamlet, and it's unworkable. Apart from the fact it was about four times the cost, the journey involved two buses, a short walk and at least an hour, whereas the car takes about 20 minutes, or 30 on a bad day.

See also my post below about trains
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 16:10, closed)