Mate, I wish I had a little more cash in the bank!\u00a0 To help this happen, you could get yourself a higher paid job but reality says your current job is pretty good, anyway.\u00a0 What are some things we can do when we feel like saving a little more money when it comes to getting from A to B?\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve made the switch to a hybrid car or to an economy model, is there anything else you can do to reduce your fuel bill \u2013 and your carbon footprint?<\/p>\n
On sunny days, why not bike instead of taking the car?\u00a0 If your work premises are under a half-an-hour bike ride away (or about\u00a05 kms), then this is a great way to keep yourself fit.\u00a0 Using your car less and biking more is going to be good for keeping your body in shape while popping aside more cash in the bank for that holiday away.\u00a0 Of course, if you have to take half a dozen children and\/or lots of gear or a trailer, or if it\u2019s pouring with rain, then you\u2019re probably going to stick with your good old car.\u00a0But if you can take a break from behind the wheel, why not?\u00a0Shorter distances can be walked.<\/p>\n
I love a ride on the pushbike.\u00a0 The wind in the hair, the sun on the back and the blood pumping through the body just feels great.\u00a0 Think about your route to work.\u00a0 Is it a ride that involves a lot of stop start traffic in a built up area?\u00a0 If it does, then try an alternative route because the air pollution is not so good for your respiratory system.\u00a0 Traces of carcinogenic molecules are much higher where car exhaust fumes are belching out carbon monoxide, BTEX, particulate matter etc\u2026 in greater quantity (and you\u2019re not going to escape them by taking your car \u2013 car drivers breathe in even more than cyclists do, unless you\u2019ve got the windows shut and the air-con on).\u00a0 Obviously, if you can ride your pushbike to work on a route that is through parks and open spaces, then you\u2019re onto a win-win situation.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be sucking in great lots of clean green air and you won\u2019t have to look for those as-scarce-as-hen\u2019s-teeth car parking spaces.<\/p>\n
What about the bus or train?\u00a0Does your public transport system provide a superior alternative to your thirsty Corolla or Holden or whatever?\u00a0 If you can find a route that takes you within half a kilometre of your work, why not use public transport and walk the remainder?\u00a0 You\u2019ll get to stretch your legs before arriving at your office.\u00a0 Buses are usually comfortable enough in Australia, while the train is available in a number of main centres.\u00a0 However, if you\u2019re doing the weekly groceries, the bus might not be a goer \u2013 it\u2019s a bit hard to carry all those shopping bags, which is what car boots are for (hint: doing the groceries weekly or even fortnightly rather than less frequently saves you petrol money and also grocery money \u2013 it\u2019s a fact).<\/p>\n
Of course, a number of you will be smirking as you read this because your office is at home. \u00a0Now that\u2019s a pretty cool scenario.\u00a0Roll out of bed in the morning and into your office chair.\u00a0Still, there are ways, I\u2019m sure, that you could reduce the level of car trips if you needed to save a few extra dollars on the side.\u00a0 There is nothing like a walk or bike ride to your local Post Office or grocery store.\u00a0A trip to the library could be done via bus or train, and the trip to the gym could be done via public transport (or skip the gym altogether and just go for a walk or run).<\/p>\n
Still not convinced that you can give up the car?\u00a0 Then consider starting a carpool with other people at your work.\u00a0 Single-occupant vehicles (i.e. one person in one car) are frowned on by town planners, environmentalists and traffic engineers, so if you can share the ride with someone else, you get to save on fuel (you take turns at driving) and you can feel a bit better about how you\u2019re helping to reduce congestion and pollution \u2013 and you also get to check out what different cars are like.\u00a0 If you\u2019re setting up a carpool, think carefully about who\u2019s in your pool \u2013 it\u2019s not going to work if one person\u2019s got a massive MPV while someone else has a little hatchback.\u00a0 But that\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n
Of course, if you love cars then you are going to want to drive yourself everywhere.\u00a0 But please don\u2019t be one of those prats who takes the car to the letterbox to pick up the mail.\u00a0 If you are over seventy, I might let you off the hook, however. Even if you don\u2019t become a regular cyclist, it\u2019s probably no bad thing if all drivers have a go at a bike commute at least once just so they can see what it\u2019s like and become more considerate drivers. http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/vashi-dengi-zaim.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mate, I wish I had a little more cash in the bank!\u00a0 To help this happen, you could get yourself a higher paid job but reality says your current job is pretty good, anyway.\u00a0 What are some things we can do when we feel like saving a little more money when it comes to getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12425,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/12425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}