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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2007 9:01:12 PM Ignore JT Report Abuse When taking a long trip do you prefer a route that is: The Shortest The Fastest Most Familiar Most Scenic Most Likley to Have Service Stations Least Likley to Have Traffic A Combination of the Above Not Applicable or Don't Care Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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When taking a long trip do you prefer a route that is:
The Shortest
The Fastest
Most Familiar
Most Scenic
Most Likley to Have Service Stations
Least Likley to Have Traffic
A Combination of the Above
Not Applicable or Don't Care

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Not_Me Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,321 Points:467,730 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 11:11:36 AM Ignore Not_Me Report Abuse "The fastest" on paper is not always the fastest depending on traffic and time of day. I will frequently stray around a major metro area if I am approaching it during rush hour because the longer drive will be faster than sitting in traffic.
pmjwright2 All-Star Author British Columbia Posts:551 Points:71,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 10:51:52 AM Ignore pmjwright2 Report Abuse Combination. I prefer good traffic flow most of all.
spectrekitty Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,160 Points:206,265 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 10:26:13 AM Ignore spectrekitty Report Abuse Fastest first, but preferably with All of the Above.
DrWhy Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,689 Points:438,870 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 10:11:48 AM Ignore DrWhy Report Abuse fastest or most scenic depending on my mood and the time I have to get where I'm going.
yelobus Champion Author Houston Posts:5,584 Points:1,553,915 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 9:57:10 AM Ignore yelobus Report Abuse Shortest miles, least traffic.
Scode Sophomore Author Seattle Posts:120 Points:2,022,655 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 9:48:42 AM Ignore Scode Report Abuse If going cross county, I frequently take the old US routes instead of the Interstates. If shorter duration, I go for the fastest way usually.
Synek All-Star Author South Carolina Posts:757 Points:901,430 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 8:49:56 AM Ignore Synek Report Abuse Different reasons for driving make for different types of routes.
Tunnelman Rookie Author Detroit Posts:14 Points:20,380 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 8:24:00 AM Ignore Tunnelman Report Abuse I like to relax and enjoy the scenery.
jb107 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,539 Points:2,619,075 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 7:44:10 AM Ignore jb107 Report Abuse Verious routes according to the type of trip.
judgemobile Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,560 Points:2,443,185 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 7:07:34 AM Ignore judgemobile Report Abuse If you have your stops planned out and hotel/motel reservations in place, the fastest is usually the best. Get to where you need to be and then rest. BUT...we have this beautiful country of ours that so many people take for granted way too often. If time is not of the essence, the most scenic would be my choice because it would give me and my kids the opportunity to really appreciate what a magnificent landscape God in his wisdom has provided for us.
Muradia Champion Author Toronto Posts:6,399 Points:1,383,405 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 7:04:23 AM Ignore Muradia Report Abuse Possible Combination
Lengas Champion Author Gary Posts:13,535 Points:2,714,850 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 7:03:57 AM Ignore Lengas Report Abuse The fastest.
Battmann Veteran Author Knoxville Posts:303 Points:379,010 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 6:11:07 AM Ignore Battmann Report Abuse A Combination
milo Champion Author Calgary Posts:3,129 Points:833,440 Joined:Aug 2001	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 6:05:55 AM Ignore milo Report Abuse usually a combination
dongo50 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:14,678 Points:2,378,095 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 6:03:21 AM Ignore dongo50 Report Abuse shortest/fastest
sherice Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:4,003 Points:763,055 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 6:01:23 AM Ignore sherice Report Abuse You forgot an important one: route with fewest construction delays! last weekend, on our way back to Mpls from Springfield, IL, an unlisted construction area on interstate 90 between Beloit and Janesville (12 mILes) took 90 minutes! YUK!
Dancin Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,510 Points:2,082,255 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:58:12 AM Ignore Dancin Report Abuse When travelling from outside Toronto east to Quebec city one not only has to plan on a direct route but avoiding 2 rush hours. Same argument for driving west to Chicago with Detroit along the way (go over the top at Sarnia).
imlefty Champion Author Maine Posts:20,229 Points:2,450,260 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:53:00 AM Ignore imlefty Report Abuse A Combination of all the Above
3142 All-Star Author Twin Cities Posts:597 Points:639,120 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:31:59 AM Ignore 3142 Report Abuse A Combination
GASMAN632 All-Star Author New York Posts:977 Points:1,929,415 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:27:42 AM Ignore GASMAN632 Report Abuse the shortest and fastest
altima03 All-Star Author Toronto Posts:898 Points:1,498,850 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:17:22 AM Ignore altima03 Report Abuse For my commute, the shortest is not the fastest - the shortest route is 18km one way but goes through residential sub-divisions with many traffic lights. The fastest route is 4km longer but is more rural and therefore fewer stops - saves me 5-10 mins each way over all
imcruizn Champion Author Georgia Posts:10,867 Points:2,409,055 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:14:19 AM Ignore imcruizn Report Abuse the shortest is usually the best
GreenLuminaAPV Champion Author Akron Posts:3,812 Points:743,165 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:11:42 AM Ignore GreenLuminaAPV Report Abuse The Fastest
TTM77 Champion Author Maryland Posts:2,132 Points:1,211,365 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 5:01:21 AM Ignore TTM77 Report Abuse I would choose least time. Which normally result in the fastest.
keo Champion Author Colorado Posts:10,239 Points:2,031,915 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 4:57:00 AM Ignore keo Report Abuse A Combination The Shortest The Fastest Least Likley to Have Traffic
dskrr Rookie Author Austin Posts:66 Points:172,445 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 4:22:49 AM Ignore dskrr Report Abuse shortest-fastest route
trundel Champion Author Rochester Posts:1,239 Points:292,410 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 4:15:02 AM Ignore trundel Report Abuse fastest
Lindsay1 All-Star Author Toronto Posts:637 Points:544,555 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 3:51:46 AM Ignore Lindsay1 Report Abuse Most Scenic
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,039 Points:2,669,390 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 3:31:10 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Combination of the Above
Bonanza Champion Author Boston Posts:12,069 Points:2,548,080 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 3:23:53 AM Ignore Bonanza Report Abuse The fastest or shortest route to save gas.
firemansmall Champion Author Maine Posts:1,945 Points:1,002,330 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2007 2:08:44 AM Ignore firemansmall Report Abuse Combo is nice but the shortest way because you have so much time on vacation.
Gossamerr Veteran Author Nevada Posts:319 Points:196,210 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 8:56:37 PM Ignore Gossamerr Report Abuse I like the shortest route
ecfmusic Champion Author North Carolina Posts:6,415 Points:767,800 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 6:57:19 PM Ignore ecfmusic Report Abuse It looks to me like someone at gasbuddy.com needs to put (or at least use) spell check on their questions. "Likley?" What kind of word is that? Has someone gone to the Dan Quayle Skool of Spelng?
LittleLizard Veteran Author Wisconsin Posts:281 Points:99,930 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 6:29:18 PM Ignore LittleLizard Report Abuse A combination, or it depends on what I am doing! The shortest and cheapest for errands and when I need to get from A to B-as Flyboy says, no reason to give the oil companies any more than we need to. However on a yearly vacation we also do a lot of scenic and backroad driving, off the beaten path. A lot of times we hardly ever see anyone else on these beautiful drives. It's a shame so few travel the backroads, because we have seen so many unique and interesting places in this country....I wish more Americans were willing to explore our land and see the places that have shaped out history, rather than spending time in canned entertainment places where people act like sheep being fleeced of their hard-earned dollars!
jb107 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,539 Points:2,619,075 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 3:09:49 PM Ignore jb107 Report Abuse A combination each trip is different.
bumpkincc Rookie Author Albany Posts:28 Points:588,210 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 2:45:02 PM Ignore bumpkincc Report Abuse For a long trip, I generally choose the Interstate, but like to have a scenic ride at the start and end of a trip. Especially at a new destination, it's nice to take the 2-lane highway near the end and see the area.
leolisa Champion Author New York Posts:3,925 Points:715,180 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 2:28:03 PM Ignore leolisa Report Abuse short
pkhdonovan Champion Author Maine Posts:11,996 Points:2,702,880 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 1:21:54 PM Ignore pkhdonovan Report Abuse combo shortest/fastest
flyboy Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,796 Points:1,325,140 Joined:Jan 2002	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 1:06:15 PM Ignore flyboy Report Abuse This is a good question. The combination I would choose would include not only the fastest, shortest, least congested. It would include most scenic because driving has always been an expensive choice. Here in the United States we have had the good fortune to enjoy less expensive fuel for as long as we have operated automobiles, even today, when we check prices around the world. The United States is the largest market for fuel, and as such, we have the power to effect the prices asked for fuel. If each of us would plan our trips including our fuel requirements and purchaces, we could lower the extravagant prices asked of us for fuel. If we just proceed as stupidly as we have, we will enrich the oil companies even more. The oil companies set the prices they ask for fuel by considering how willing we are to go somewhere other than where we usually buy from. They don't care about our not buying fuel on certain days, or from certain stations/companies. The only way we can diminish what we pay out for fuel is to buy from none other than whoever is leading the "lower priced" list. This will cost the price of the trip to that station. Many of us point out that we "waste" money, fuel, and time going to the least expensive station in our town/metropolitan area. To those who are so shortsighted I must point out that only a few months ago we were asked more than a dollar less for a gallon of fuel. Does anyone believe the reasons for the higher asking price offered by the oil companies? We must recognise that our media are supported by advertising, and are thus profiting by their advertiser's increased share of our money. We have shown the oil companies that we care so little for our time and effort, which what money is, that we just fill up where we always fill up, and somehow feel used when when we find ourselves with little of our money left. Our nation's economy has tripped over the shoelace of fuel prices and is staggering dangerously. My father worked at a small town weekly newspaper before the great depression of last century, and told me that just before the stock market crash, stock prices had inflated and where changing up and down. We must conduct ourselves to make our money go as far as we can. Only very rarely do I see anything praising the real virtue of "Yankee Ingenuity," or individual resourcefulness, or anything about anyone who dares to do anything than what the rest of the herd is doing. We seem to have forgotten that we are free people in a free country. We would rather do nothing but what the advertisers command, and mock anyone who dares to do anything else. After I see a news reporter report the even higher asking price as if we have no choice, they add some crack about some being different, or that we are powerless before the price setters. We are met on this site which can liberate us from the oppressive prices asked of us if we would only do what what Americans have until recently been known for doing, whatever we want. I only buy fuel from the least expensive station around.
GreenLuminaAPV Champion Author Akron Posts:3,812 Points:743,165 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 12:59:45 PM Ignore GreenLuminaAPV Report Abuse The Fastest
dczh Veteran Author Oklahoma City Posts:278 Points:396,565 Joined:Apr 2003	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 12:05:08 PM Ignore dczh Report Abuse It depends on where I/we are going, how much time is available, etc.. Normally the fastest is what is choSEn--eg. Interstate highways. I think I voted shortest, thinking it was also the fastest, it might or might not be. If I am travelling alone, and time is not a factor, and it is daytime, I may take a route just becauSE it is there and takes me in the general direction I am headed. If time is a factor, then yes, the fastest route. I guess it also depends on the definition of a long trip. We don't consider a trip to SE Kansas a long trip, even though from OKC it is a four hour drive. This last weekend we went to KC, that took longer of courSE, but it really wasn't that long, not like coming to SEK from Winston-Salem, NC. Or if we had driven to Florida instead of flying. In answer to 'yelobus' and the Interstae Highways, we take them in the interst of time at destination, not needing to "take time to smell the flowers" What gets irritating is the one who thinks they own the road at 10-15 mph OVER the posted speed limit. They want you out of their way now, not later. [Edited by: dczh at 8/1/2007 3:10:26 PM EST]
mattnmona Sophomore Author Los Angeles Posts:110 Points:149,670 Joined:Apr 2002	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 12:03:01 PM Ignore mattnmona Report Abuse For family trips crossing the desert,I always choose routes with service stations and rest stops. For fun trips to the middle of nowwhere the shortest route is the best. For trips to out-of-town relatives, scenic routes are mandatory. For work related trips, fastest routes are best.
SaintUrho Rookie Author Twin Cities Posts:42 Points:68,745 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 11:37:27 AM Ignore SaintUrho Report Abuse The answer is that it depends. If I have time and the "trip" is the reason for the travel, I like to check out the "scenic route" and the points of interest along the way. If the point of the drive is to get to a destination by a particular time and/or to maximize my time with friends and relatives, the its the fastest route (avoiding known points of irritation such as rush hour around Chicago). The time of day and the weather also dictate which is the choice. I don't want to be traveling through East Overshoe in the middle of a snowstorm in the middle of the night. The type of vehicle also contributes to the choice. We take blue highways (scenic route) when taking a sport touring sedan. Taking our RV to a destination (and points of interest along the way) would lead to a combination of Interstate and blue highways near the destination.
imlefty Champion Author Maine Posts:20,229 Points:2,450,260 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 11:33:57 AM Ignore imlefty Report Abuse Low traffic & good route
sluggopyle Champion Author North Carolina Posts:23,608 Points:1,075,890 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 11:25:50 AM Ignore sluggopyle Report Abuse A--MEN, yelobus!
DrWhy Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,689 Points:438,870 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 11:10:27 AM Ignore DrWhy Report Abuse It varies. Mostly fastest, but sometimes what's more scenic comes into play
bobjeep Champion Author Florida Posts:9,709 Points:2,057,710 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 10:54:32 AM Ignore bobjeep Report Abuse the fastest, most of the time.
Winoscientist Champion Author Maryland Posts:7,908 Points:1,373,285 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 8:29:02 AM Ignore Winoscientist Report Abuse The fastest, shortest routes are used for long distances. Area points of interest merit scenic backroads.
yelobus Champion Author Houston Posts:5,584 Points:1,553,915 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 7:41:30 AM Ignore yelobus Report Abuse I stay away from the freeway. I can't understand why so many people are in such a gigantic hurry. For what?
illini73 Sophomore Author Oklahoma City Posts:150 Points:360,515 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 7:32:37 AM Ignore illini73 Report Abuse Sometimes depends on time. Usually take the fastest but that means missing the scenery on the way
dongo50 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:14,678 Points:2,378,095 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2007 6:59:15 AM Ignore dongo50 Report Abuse fastest/shortest.