Do we spend too much time in our cars?

The USA is a car loving nation. There’s no getting away from it, we are obsessed with going fast! However new statistics have revealed that we might be going overboard with all this traveling.

Research conducted by T W White & Sons calculates that we spend 4.3 years of our lives inside a car. That’s a ridiculous amount of time.

During this lengthy amount of time we will…

- Sleep in the car 38 times

- Sit in traffic for 3 months

- Kiss 680 times

- Tell the kids off 5,520 times

- Row with our partner 2,974

- Visit a Gas Station 2,214 times

- Pick our nose 30,000 times!

- Spend 384 days listening to the radio

Are we going too far with all this driving, or is it time well spent? And why are some of us so obsessed with our cars?

Journalist Derek Mead gave his opinion in an article he put together for Vice...

“Cars happen to be a fabulous indicator of resource-gathering ability; the type of guy who drives around the city in a Lamborghini or Bentley knows that cars of that caliber are impossible to fake, and as such, are a great way to represent themselves as a superior mate choice to some dude rattling around in a jalopy.”

If you are worried about the amount of time your sat on the highway, the folks over at the NRDC have put together a list of tips on how to drive less and spend a bit more time out in the fresh air! You can take a look at their guide by clicking here.