Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by sweetjuly on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:33PM
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Parking Georg, who spends every waking hour of his life looking for parking, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
but, yes, it's a different timescale. They aren't saying the average person spends that much per day.
Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by shoo on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:29PM
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I reckon that estimate must be over an 80 year lifespan.
> (130 / (80 * 365)) * 7*24
Translating it to per week, that comes out at 45 minutes per week.
Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by burkaman on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:35PM
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Yes it's a lifetime estimate, from here: https://www.parkhound.com.au/blog/australian-drivers-spend-o.... Extremely misleading quote from the Uber person, probably intentionally.
Also basically a made-up number, a website that helps people find parking asked 300 people "how long do you feel like you spend looking for parking on average".
Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by shoo on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:51PM
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> a website that helps people find parking
indeed, that's a very biased sample. i've been happily living in a big australian city for over a decade without owning a car or using uber. i spend approximately 0 hours looking for parking per decade. they're never going to find me in the population of parking-seekers that they're surveying.
Re:Uber paid 58 Australians $1350 to have One Less Car
by fbdab103 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:54PM
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I remember those days in pre-school where it was a nightmare to find parking.
No one spends 8.5 hours a day looking for parking. This person is out of touch.