What would deterr you from driving any road?

[bing101]

If my city had a good public transit system I won't drive.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Tolls. I know toll roads as troll roads, as the Spanish ones (almost all are expressways, but they include also a few two way tunnels) have high toll fees (hence troll roads, as they troll you) and almost everyone tries to avoid them.

[NE2]

The knowledge that my driving has externalities that negatively and perhaps irreversibly impact mankind.

[Occidental Tourist]

Wez or The Humungus.

[triplemultiplex]

A gate, berm or series of large boulders.
Horrendously washboarded gravel.
A sign indicating it is closed to motor vehicles.
Being close enough to walk.

[1995hoo]

The knowledge that my driving has externalities that negatively and perhaps irreversibly impact mankind.

I'm glad I don't have that problem.

[hbelkins]

The knowledge that my driving has externalities that negatively and perhaps irreversibly impact mankind.

I'm glad I don't have that problem.

Me too.

I'm wondering if SPUI's going to accidentally run over the guy who would otherwise cure cancer or something. That's the only "externality that might negatively and perhaps irreversibly impact mankind" that I can think of that his driving might cause.

[Duke87]

"Traffic" is an obvious answer, but it does apply.

A road being unpaved for any significant length will also stop me from driving it since my car isn't equipped to handle it (low ground clearance, and the condition of my suspension system is less than ideal).


On a dumber, more obsessive-compulsive note, when I am taking road trips I make a point of sticking to roads which are mapped on CHM (this way I can officially take credit for clinching them). So I tend to avoid county roads, and state highways in states whose systems are not up yet.

[NE2]

I wonder if HB and the rest of the idiots here are ever going to pull their heads out of their steadily-warming asses.

[corco]

On a dumber, more obsessive-compulsive note, when I am taking road trips I make a point of sticking to roads which are mapped on CHM (this way I can officially take credit for clinching them). So I tend to avoid county roads, and state highways in states whose systems are not up yet.

I refuse to drive roads out of direction, which maybe makes me insane. I started driving US 2 eastbound way back in 2007, for example, so now whenever I go to clinch a segment of US 2, even if it were in Vermont or something, I would insist on driving it eastbound. After I clinch I'm good.

This leads to ridiculously convoluted routes sometimes, since I'm forced to stick to certain directions on certain roads.

I avoid county roads too.

[SD Mapman]

On a dumber, more obsessive-compulsive note, when I am taking road trips I make a point of sticking to roads which are mapped on CHM (this way I can officially take credit for clinching them). So I tend to avoid county roads, and state highways in states whose systems are not up yet.

I refuse to drive roads out of direction, which maybe makes me insane. I started driving US 2 eastbound way back in 2007, for example, so now whenever I go to clinch a segment of US 2, even if it were in Vermont or something, I would insist on driving it eastbound. After I clinch I'm good.

This leads to ridiculously convoluted routes sometimes, since I'm forced to stick to certain directions on certain roads.

I avoid county roads too.

County roads are nice, but you have to know which ones are the good ones.

[Zeffy]

I avoid county roads too.

This is a hard task if you live in New Jersey. 

[vdeane]

I avoid county roads too.

This is a hard task if you live in New Jersey. 

Even more so for Ontario.

[roadman65]

I tell you something else that is detterring me from using OBT in Orlando now is the fact they eliminated that center turn lane between the Florida Turnpike and I-4, you have every Ozzie, Tom, Dick, and Harry making u turns at all the signalized intersections.  Since the grass filled medians are blocking motorists from making direct turns, you now have to make u turns at the next intersection or J turn.

I say this is because it interferes with left turns as to make a u turn it takes more time to maneuver the turn then it does a left turn.  Basically FDOT ended one problem by creating another problem and sometimes (or should I say many times) the left turn signals do not stay green very long and I have had to wait two long light changes to make a simple left turn while every car in front of me makes a u turn. 

[Alps]

a) Impassable to a passenger car
b) High toll (I'll drive toll roads in small pieces - still don't have I-90 in NY though)
That's really about it. b) gets accounted for in my route planning. a) I usually have some idea that I'll need an alternate route so that I can make a go/no go decision when I get there, but sometimes I get taken by surprise and have to improvise. The best is when I get to a road and there's nothing there at all - it turned into a trail years ago and has been overgrown to blend in with its surroundings.

[Brandon]

1. Impassible to my vehicle.
2. Rush hour.  I seriously hate idling on a freeway.
3. An over abundance of red light and speed cameras.

[hbelkins]

a) Impassable to a passenger car
b) High toll (I'll drive toll roads in small pieces - still don't have I-90 in NY though)
That's really about it. b) gets accounted for in my route planning. a) I usually have some idea that I'll need an alternate route so that I can make a go/no go decision when I get there, but sometimes I get taken by surprise and have to improvise. The best is when I get to a road and there's nothing there at all - it turned into a trail years ago and has been overgrown to blend in with its surroundings.

Try seeing a road on a map, but when you get there, the road is actually a creek bed, full of water and it hasn't rained in two weeks.

[Henry]

Here's my top 5: high levels of congestion, too many traffic signals, very narrow stretches, no motorist services for 50 miles or more (as cited in the I-70 in UT example), poor lighting at night

[agentsteel53]

If my city had a good public transit system I won't drive.

I certainly wouldn't drive to commute to work.  I took the train for two years and that worked quite well, but now I live in a completely different part of San Diego and public transportation would take me three hours to achieve the equivalent of a 20 minute drive.  one hour I could work with, for sure... but three sucks.