[Silly Little Cars] one last word about cushmans

[C y b e r sAM]

Hey Cari this is sAM we met at Alec's shop.  I am a the one who at one 
time had a School bus (the CYBERBUSS), a taxi cab and a meter maid 
(cushman) as my only vehicles.  I am going to be leaving for Vietnam 
Thursday so I will not be able to meet for the group shot Saturday.

I just wanted to tell you that what is really so unique about the silly 
little cars that we drive is that we park in the wasted/unused space 
between parked cars.  The space that is in between the city lines drawn 
for us to park -- and right between the parking meters too.  And we live 
in possibly the most difficult place to park on the entire west coast 
where parking space is really precious.  Public transportation is too 
slow and difficult to transport things around.  If more of us are 
driving slightly shorter, narrower, more efficient cars, many more could 
park perpendicular and parking would less of an issue.  Bicyclists would 
have more and more elbow room and we could raise up to 4 times more 
parking meter revenue.  Like we have roads for just pedestrians, we 
could have roads just for small vehicles in tight urban areas.  Asia and 
Europe are all driving smaller and smaller cars.  Really how big does a 
city car need to be to get you to work safely -- especially if you never 
need to drive more than 40-45MPH?  If anyone believes that 
cushmans/interceptors are not safe, check their saftey record.  Its 
obvious that they are safer than seat belt less 2 wheeled motorcycles.

Until we as a society change, us silly little cars drivers will always 
find rock star parking in the forgotten, void city space right outside 
the place we are going.  Meanwhile large, un-silly cars will continue to 
drive around for 5-10-15+ minutes after they arrive at their destination 
looking for any parking.  Then often end up parking blocks away causing 
them to walk/carry stuff long distances and lose more precious time and 
burn more precious gas.

Every single time I take the cushman out people ask,  "Where did you get 
it?".  "How much did it cost?"  There is certainly a huge demand for 
these silly things.  Isn't our economy based on supply and demand?  Are 
all US car manufacturers asleep at the wheel?  We all need to be more silly.




sAM Frangiamore