Re:Marchetti's constant
by leesec on Sunday December 30, 2018 @08:07PM
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Having had a 45 minute walk to work ( no car ), and now a 2 minute drive (lazy and it's winter). I'd say the 2 minute drive is most desirable. I can decompress at home however I want and I'll take the extra 250 hours of leisure a year please and thank you. I don't have kids or a family tho.
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Re:Marchetti's constant
by AstralStorm on Monday December 31, 2018 @03:06PM
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2 minute drive? What?
It takes longer than that to get into the car and get it out of parking.
My bet is that it's at best 10 minutes. Which would mean it's at most 0.5 km if the 2 minutes is actually drive time. Which means by the time you got into a car you'd be there on foot.
Going that distance takes 10 minutes for a reasonably fit person.
Unless your car goes some 300 km/h...
The usual rule of thumb is that going by car is about 6x faster for urban conditions and 20x for long roads.