Two wheels, a few tradeoffs, and gas prices
Most cars on French roads carry exactly one person. The average occupancy for commuting trips in France is 1.08 passengers per vehicle 0. 16 million people driving alone, twice a day, in machines built to seat five.
- ▪Most cars on French roads carry exactly one person.
- ▪The average occupancy for commuting trips in France is 1.08 passengers per vehicle 0.
- ▪16 million people driving alone, twice a day, in machines built to seat five.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (Front Page) |
| Canonical URL | https://blog.raed.dev/posts/motocycle/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:41:23 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-09T22:10:42.113Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-09T22:10:42.113Z |
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Most cars on French roads carry exactly one person. The average occupancy for commuting trips in France is 1.08 passengers per vehicle 0. 16 million people driving alone, twice a day, in machines built to seat five. I ride a Kawasaki that weighs 185kg. It carries one person too, but at least it’s honest about it. Fuel, materials, space My fuel consumption sits around 3L/100km (73.5 MPG) in mixed riding. A comparable compact car doing the same coastal routes between Antibes and Nice burns 6 to 8 liters. That’s roughly half the fuel, half the CO2, for the same commute. On highway stretches where the engine stays in a narrow RPM band, consumption drops further. The material gap is just as wide. A motorcycle uses a fraction of the steel, plastic, rubber, and electronics of a car.
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