What Ever Happened to the Lazy Sunday Drive?
Times were that every Sunday afternoon families used to crowd into the family car (note the singular) and go for a leisurely drive around town. It used to be an event, something to be looked forward to. It was not to be sneered at and wheedled out of. That was because cars were still a novelty and it was such bliss to ride in one, even if one was going at a sedate 30 km an hour and being rattled to death by non-existent shocks. One kept all one’s sneering for those who did not have cars and who were thus not able to enjoy the thrills of the Sunday afternoon drive. Poor peasants who had to walk on a Sunday! Those were the days of the family that drives together stays together. Let us surmise what happened to bring on the demise of this quaint little ritual. Cars got a little bit cheaper and a bit more common place. More families had one car and a lot of families even started having two cars. Driving was not such a rarity any more. But petrol was still relatively expensive and in some pl
