Feeling the pinch: Some young drivers switching back to bikes
By Meg Thilmony
Sunday August 3, 2008
Robin Scholz
Miles Ashton, 18, of Danville selected a Honda Fit when buying a new car because it can get up to 40 miles per gallon.
You know the feeling – the ultimate freedom of finally having your own car.
You pick up a couple of friends, turn the music up, roll the windows down and watch the blocks – or cornfields, depending on where you drive – fly past.
Driving around has long been a teenage way to pass the time on a sticky summer night. But these days, with gas prices so high, local teens are thinking twice about wasting precious gas on aimless wandering. And they're making other changes, too, as they realize a slowing economy and high food and gas prices affect them, too.
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