# How many days a week do you drive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533 "2012-04-02T00:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/21 "2012-04-02T05:35:58Z")
Average of 6. 5 days for work and one day on the weekend for errands. I like to reserve one day exclusively for chilling around the house. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/22 "2012-04-02T05:55:50Z")
I interpreted it as “on average, on how many days a week do you any driving at all, regardless of how short a distance”, so went for 2. Almost always to the local shops on a Saturday morning (maybe 1 or 2 km), and around once a week elsewhere - visiting a friend or relative, or going to some unusual store. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/23 "2012-04-02T07:11:03Z")
Zero. I haven’t driven since 2008, generally Monday to Friday I walk everywhere I need to go (okay, maybe the train into the centre of the city once in a while), and get lifts from my sister at the weekend if we’re going anywhere further afield. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/24 "2012-04-02T10:53:39Z")
Where’s the zero option? Or at least the \<1 option? On average, in a year, my estimate of the number of days I drive would be somewhere around 10. So about 1/5 of a day per week, averaging it out. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/25 "2012-04-02T13:03:59Z")
Pretty much every day. No public transport where I live. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/26 "2012-04-02T13:10:55Z")
Zero. Live in the city, don’t own a car. Borrow my brother’s from time to time, but that’s once or twice a month, so I’d round down – if zero were an option, which it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/27 "2012-04-02T13:14:47Z")
Public transpo in my city is next to useless, although I’ve slogged through it from time to time. But my parents live in the next state over, my sister lives 30 miles north of me, my kids live 30 miles west of me, and work is ten miles from my house. Pretty much the only days I don’t drive is if I’m sick for the day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/28 "2012-04-02T13:27:26Z")
Seven. At least. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/29 "2012-04-02T13:28:40Z")
I voted “7”, but five of those days I drive remarkably little; only to and from the office, and my office is only four miles away from my house. I’d walk or ride a bicycle, but there are no sidewalks or bike lanes for over half of that distance. I tried riding my bike to work one time but had to give up halfway and have my wife come pick me up. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/30 "2012-04-02T13:33:08Z")
There’s really no other option around here if somethings not within walking distance. I’m lucky to have a shopping mall very near to me, but if I want to go anywhere else, I need a car. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/31 "2012-04-02T14:57:00Z")
1. No license, no car, great buses. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/32 "2012-04-02T15:05:58Z")
1. No buses, and sprawl to such an extent that getting anywhere on foot is really out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/33 "2012-04-02T15:09:05Z")
I used to drive five days a week to work. Plus I’d usually drive around doing errands on at least one of my days off each week. But now I’m retired so I do less driving. I’d say I average around three days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/34 "2012-04-02T15:26:54Z")
1. NYC, of course. Used to be about once a week, but we were already thinking of selling the car due to disuse and inconvenience, when it was conveniently totalled in a freak tornado. That was two years ago. We’re both licensed, and since then we’ve used Zipcar 3 times. When I lived in a very rural area on a horse farm is when I drove second-least. It was such a committment in gas & time just to go to town, I would batch my errands and really only leave the farm 1-2 times a week. If I forgot something most of the time I’d just make do. Without kids or an off-the-farm job, I really didn’t need to be anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/35 "2012-04-02T15:27:24Z")
Zero, on average - although I have a licence for a car and motorcycle I don’t own either. Train station is 5 minutes walk from here, trains to the city run every 15 minutes. That’s all I need for most things. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/36 "2012-04-02T15:30:53Z")
No “zero” option. Schoolboy error. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/37 "2012-04-02T15:39:31Z")
I drive on all days of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday I know, how many days _per_ week. On average I would say 6.99 days per week. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/38 "2012-04-02T15:43:00Z")
Zero. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/39 "2012-04-02T15:45:13Z")
I live in the suburbs; the closest commercial establishment to me is a Dunkin Donuts 1.5 miles away. There is the very occasional Saturday when I might not leave the house, but otherwise I have to drive if I want to go anywhere other than to visit my neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533/40 "2012-04-02T17:08:12Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > Yes, I’ve lived briefly in an area with enough public transit and enough street traffic that I rarely drove. That’s the only real situation I can think of where it’s fine to not drive. > > In pretty much the entire United States I think it’s a huge pain in the ass not to be able to drive. Realistically anywhere but NYC itself I think it’s bad not to be able to drive. Even cities with really solid transit like San Francisco or Chicago, in my experience, not being able to drive is a drag. I know people who don’t own a car in SF and they often have to arrange all kinds of elaborate, weird shit to be able to do things I can take care of in 15 minutes. Is it a daily or even weekly problem? No, but it is a problem and it’s a fantasy to pretend it isn’t. There’s a reason San Francisco is the launchpad for programs like RelayRides (where individuals rent out their cars to people in off-hours.) > > I can imagine a ton of situations where, if I had the free time, I’d be happy riding a bike most of the time or walking most of the time. But even in those situations it seems crazy to me to not retain the _ability_ to drive if it’s necessary. Hence people giving answers that are more than zero (in the postings, not the poll :smack:;)) but less than five or seven. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-a-week-do-you-drive/617533.md?page=3)