The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
—George Carlin (1937–2008) American Stand-Up Comedian
Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.
—Indian Proverb
A city that outdistances man’s walking powers is a trap for man.
—Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975) British Historian
A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank.
—Unknown
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
Every year it takes less time to fly across the Atlantic and more time to drive to the office.
—Unknown
I don’t like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.
—Whoopi Goldberg (b.1955) American Actor, Comedian, Television Host
If a woman driver ahead of you signals a left turn, be careful, she may turn left.
—Unknown
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian…. That I am still able to be here, I owe to a keen eye and a nimble pair of legs. But I know they’ll get me someday.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
A commuter tie-up consists of you – and people who for some reason won’t use public transit.
—Robert Brault
It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you.
—Kin Hubbard (1868–1930) American Cartoonist, Humorist
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
—Burton Hillis (William E. Vaughan) (1915–77) American Columnist, Author
We are not proving ourselves spiritually worthy of our material progress. We have not been neighborly, courteous, and kind upon the highway. Our lack of decency toward our fellow men is a definite black mark against us.
—Cary T. Grayson (1878–1938) American Naval Surgeon, Admiral
The greater part of my official time is spent on investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn, and each stationary.
—Unknown
I’m the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
—Larry King (1933–2021) American TV and Radio Personality, Journalist
Another way to solve the traffic problems of this country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars be allowed to use the highways.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same.
—Charles L. Allen (1913–2005) American Methodist Minister, Inspirational Author
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.
—Unknown
Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
—Indian Proverb
I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I’m gone.
—Steven Wright (b.1955) American Comedian, Actor, Writer
It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road.
—Indian Proverb
Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional.
—Robert Brault
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
—Indian Proverb
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
—Doug Larson (1926–2017) American Columnist
A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.
—U.S. Proverb
Car sickness is the feeling you get when the monthly payment is due.
—Unknown
The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete.
—Marshall Mcluhan (1911–80) Canadian Writer, Thinker, Educator
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