Happy 50th Merdeka!

In the spirit of our 50th anniversary Merdeka celebration, I list down herewith 50 freedoms for opting car-free living:

1. Freedom from driving for reasons other than fun
2. Freedom from obeying traffic rules
3. Freedom from being enemies to traffic policemen
4. Freedom from being enemies to local municipal officers
5. Freedom from high price of petrol
6. Freedom from endless car payment
7. Freedom from car insurance
8. Freedom from roadtax
9. Freedom from having to remember when the insurance and tax are due
10. Freedom from toll fares
11. Freedom from car maintenance
12. Freedom from having to monitor mileage for service intervals
13. Freedom from waiting to get my car serviced
14. Freedom from car repairs
15. Freedom from cheating mechanics
16. Freedom from parking fee
17. Freedom from wasting time to find car park
18. Freedom from having to squeeze into tight parking spot
19. Freedom from recalling where the hell I parked my car!
20. Freedom from having to remember to switch off the lights after dawn
21. Freedom from buying car shampoo, foam and polish
22. Freedom from bad smell of durian
23. Freedom from remembering to buy car freshener
24. Freedom from risk of buying freshener that would offend my passengers
25. Freedom from worry that children will stain the seats and handprint the windows
26. Freedom from worry that bad weather might damage the car
27. Freedom from worry that bad people might damage the car
28. Freedom from careless drivers that might hit my rear
29. Freedom from worry that someone would borrow my car
30. Freedom from car theft
31. Freedom from car break-ins
32. Freedom from car breakdowns that leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere
33. Freedom from worry that I might have a puncture and later find it difficult to change tyres
34. Freedom from getting lost
35. Freedom from getting lost and find that tank is empty and no petrol station in sight
36. Freedom from getting stuck in traffic
37. Freedom from getting valuable time lost sitting in traffic
38. Freedom from experiencing rush hour
39. Freedom from road rage
40. Freedom from getting honked at or fist or the finger from other drivers
41. Freedom from inhaling cancerous benzene during petrol fill-ups
42. Freedom from bad posture
43. Freedom of space at home porch
44. Freedom from having to make space at home for car
45. Freedom from keeping extra keys in my pocket (including gearlock & steeringlock)
46. Freedom from guilt of polluting the air
47. Freedom from guilt of being noisy
48. Freedom from guilt of being totally selfish
49. Freedom from being strangers to neighbours
50. Freedom from unexpected expenses