Many cyclists, myself included, have a love-hate relationship with automobiles; we dream of car-free roads, yet use our cars to get to distant trailheads, favorite group rides, or races. Blasting the American auto-centric culture is almost a favored past-time and one that I certainly encourage. I am especially fond of the term "auto-dependant syndrome"(ADS), an affliction of the masses where even simple errands as little as five minutes away cannot be undertaken without driving. The ADS afflicted person becomes oblivious to the damage done by automobiles to our environment, our society, and our communities, the noise, pollution, land use problems, health consequences, etc. A person with ADS must drive, and so they therefore block out all the detrimental side-effects. In this spirit I present the above drawing. It and others like it can be found at this Flicker photostream page of Carbusters magazine.
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