http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Traffic/story?id=485098&page=1
This is rare useful material on our insane system. As usual, it makes no mention of the class context of autos-über-alles...
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> ABC NEWS/TIME MAGAZINE/WASHINGTON POST POLL: TRAFFIC - 1/31/05
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> A Look Under the Hood of a Nation on Wheels
>
> Freeways get clogged, minutes tick by and tempers sometimes flare,
> but there's another side to the daily commute for millions of
> Americans: Most of them actually like it.
>
> So it goes (and stops-and-goes) in the nation's love-hate
> relationship with the daily task of getting around. In a country
> where 220 million adults average an hour and a half a day in their
> cars, views of traffic in America vary as much as highway conditions
> themselves, from the joy of the open blacktop to the misery of
> another rubberneck-inspired backup.
>
> On balance the road still offers more freedom than frustration.
> Three-quarters of Americans say driving often gives them a sense of
> independence, and nearly half say it's often relaxing. Four in 10
> love their cars - not just like them, but love them.
>
> But there's a darker side: About a third can be classified as
> aggressive drivers. Six in 10 concede they sometimes go well over
> the speed limit. Sixty-two percent occasionally get frustrated
> behind the wheel, more than four in 10 get angry and two in 10
> sometimes boil into road rage. And nothing fuels driver anger like
> getting stuck in a traffic jam.
>
> [rest somehwere at <http://abcnews.go.com/us/pollvault/>]
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