Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 13, 2020

Libraries could make a small fortune on late fees.

Haven’t car rental agencies already got that market covered?

Imagine if they loaned books by the mile…

People would still buy their own. Some people would be interested if they can’t afford a car yet.

But what if EVERYONE wanted to check out the latest Ferrari or SUV?The waiting list would frustrate a lot of people

A: this is ridiculous – a book is generally a one-use item. You read it once and you’re done with it. Cars are a durable commodity. Many of us need and use one every day.B : if we follow the analogy a bit further, the library would mostly have 30-50 year old junkers. Even the newer models would be in terrible condition because the borrowers don’t bother to care for them and the publicly funded library won’t have the funds to properly maintain the cars or replace them in a timely fashion.

Free cars?! Come on! I’d have a different one every week! Would they still stamp a little card stuck in a sleeve in the back?

As a long-time professional driver, let me say that the more people who quit driving the better; most of them shouldn’t be driving to begin with (you would not believe the number of folks who are alive today because I am as good as they assumed I was as they tried to kill themselves under my truck………)

while I do not know of anyone who quit driving, I know a number of people (including myself) who stop owning a vehicle. When I lived in Seattle between the shared vehicles ( car2go) and the public transportation I haven’t owned a vehicle for almost 15 years.

There is already car libraries, they are called Avis, Hertz, if you want self reading cars, then Lift and Uber. This strip assumes that libraries are free, they are not.

Isn’t that sort of happening already w “car sharing”?

I’m still not sure what Jef has against libraries. They are great here in CT. And you can borrow from any other town in the state in addition to your own

That would be me, Frazz. (cars, not books) I wait for the day when I’m with a group that needs to get somewhere and the only available vehicle is standard transmission. I don’t think most people consider the fact that ’don’t drive’ is not the same as ’can’t drive’. If necessary, I CAN drive anything under a couple of tons.

If libraries loaned out cars, people probably would “dog ear” the fenders.

There’d be a lot more employment for repo men.

I’d be less worried about forgetting to bring a car back. Or losing it, or getting it wet…

Only if they are electric recharged from green sources. otherwise more on the road, and the problems entailed.

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In my own defense, there have been a few times when I was tempted to quit driving, but I’ve never been tempted to quit reading. Even though I suspect I’ve gotten myself into peril more often through something I read than the way I drove. Which is probably saying something.