@Brandon Cox – walking is good for us anyway, I’m for it.

@Kristin Currier – if this interests you, definitely read the book – our driving habits reveal much about our personalities.

@websites for kids virtual worlds – yes, public transport is good, when it works.

@Richard – that is an interesting scenario – parking further away to vent nervousness. Never considered that but it makes sense.

I first noticed an intentional awkwardly distant parking decision from a young couple while vacationing on the cape last year. It condounded me as the couple had carrried a ton of beach gear included chairs, blankets radio, beach ball, kite, cooler etc, all that distance when there were plenty of close spots next to the dunes. Although I did not realize it, I actually had visited a partially nude beach on Cape Cod, in Truro. As I came to find out, they had literally chosen the farthest spot purposefully to gain courage over thier long trek onto the beach, and, although the girl was keen on stripping bare, the guy hesitated quite a bit and was procrastinating the inevitable. She loved he was anxious.

I also have seen this kind of thing at funerals, when persons want to walk and think, alone time to and from maybe.