Ideal Bite

Are you voting green?

Submitted by tmeronek on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 1:26am.

The Bite:

You are if you car pool to the polls. Assuming it's too far to walk, organize a carpool for next Tuesday with coworkers or friends, so nobody, er, forgets to vote, and to combat congestion. That way, no matter who you pick, you'll score a minivictory for the Earth.

The Benefits:

Fewer absentees. If you're cruising to the polls in a group, there's less chance of someone missing out (behold the power of peer pressure).
Stuffing your wallet, not the ballot box. Splitting transportation costs is another plus.
Not being late to the political party. Most of us don't have to get on the highway to get to our polling place, but car pooling gives you a license to use the car-pool lane.
Our exit polls say 'pooling to the polls reduces traffic (and angst over certain politicians' stances on global warming).

Personally Speaking:

All the SF editors can walk to the polls, but for those of us in the 'burbs, car pools are the way to go.

Wanna Try:

Vote411 - find your polling place if you don't already know.
Get together with a few coworkers/friends, and get in the car.
Carpoolworld, eRideShare, iCarpool, and Ridester - find a car pool with one of the top four ride-share sites.

pretty funny hov lane stuff. i was surprised by the number of people who took it seriously, obviously they don't pay attention to what they just read.

Posted by: elaine | April 01, 2009 at 10:36 AM

You guys are hilarious. I remember when I first started getting the Ideal Bite emails and I read the one about reusing condoms. I thought you were nuts and then I realized the joke was on me. Thank you for all of the great tips! Y'all are awesome!!!

Posted by: Robin Martin | April 01, 2009 at 12:07 PM

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Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Biters share a 5-mile ride with three friends to the polls (round-trip), we'll avert the same amount of CO2 produced by almost four Americans in a year.