How far is your commute to work?

[Nut]

How far do you drive to your job? What was the farthest you had to drive? What was the closest?

The one I start Monday will be a 50 mile drive one way,but looks to be well worth it. So it just made me a little curious

 

[Trent]

I drive a whole mile and a half, Onless they ask me to go to the other job in which they did for monday that is about 16 miles. But threw our copany we get gas milage.

 

[wilecoyote76]

Curently, 5 miles across town but it seems to take forever when the day is done! Closest, about 1.5 miles. Furthest, 30 miles each way. Not too bad I guess. It could definitely be worse.

Good luck Nut on the new job........

 

[T Bone]

13 miles. most of it interstate @ 75mph.

 

[buckeye in ga.]

Live in Atlanta work in Ohio 600 mi. home once every 4 - 8 weeks

 

[Bambistew]

Right now... 2.5 one way.

When I lived in WY... 58 miles one way.

I think the closest was about 1 mile when I lived in ID. But once I got to work, it was another mile below the surface

 

[Buckrub]

Twelve miles one way, from the county into that "chithowl" where Bambistew lives!! The most wasted time in one's life is the time spend commuting to and from work!!|oo

 

[schmalts]

40 miles round trip

 

[Moosie]

Good question !! I've driven 100+ miles before but Last year driving got old.... even the 10-15 miles I had to drive and most of it was the freeway It would take sometimes 45 mins.. If there was an Accident sometimes it took 1.5 hours..... 2 hours a day in a car... "F" that. We stated our firm and leased a bldg. about 2 mins from the house. Once, I had to wait for a bus loading kids and it took me 2 mins 30 seconds

When my 2nd oldest called me @ 8AM a month ago to tell me Momma moose pulled out one of his Tooth'es's I hopped in the truck, drove home, Told him Congrats and drove back to work. Those moments are Priceless now. I coach soccer and it starts at 5:30. I leave the Office at 5:10, go home, grab a bite to eat, and make it to soccer practice by 5:30. it's awesome !!!

That being said If i had to I'd drive 50 MPH if I had to.... but I sure a heck rather not.

 

[Oak]

Mine is currently 308 miles one way. I go for 10-14 days at a time and they come home for 4-5 days. It'll be a lot closer in about a month, but it's still a lot of daily driving. I've driven 1900 miles in 10 days over there before, and that doesn't include the 600+ mile round trip from home. Since I started this job in March, I've spent about $5k on gas.

 

[Nemont]

I commute all the way across town. In the morning it takes me about 4 to 5 minutes unless there are more then three cars at one of the two taffic lights in town. Going home sometimes takes alot longer as there are several places to get a cool drink along the way.

Nemont

 

[wyomingtim]

My daily commute starting Monday will be 50.4 miles door to door. The farthest that I ever traveled to a job site was flying from Scottsbluff, NE to Providnce, RI for a 4 week job. Hopefully I will not have to keep the 50 mile trip too long....maybe go camp out in someone's backyard for a while.

 

[guppie9]

Right now, it's about 8 miles one way. I work on an Air Force Base and it takes me about 10 minutes to drive the first 7 miles on the highway, than about a 5-10 minute wait at the front gate and then another 5-10 minutes to go that last mile. They have a 25 mph speed limit on base and the Security Police do not play around. I know people who have gotten tickets from the SP's for going less than 5 mph over.

The closest was about 500 yards (in the Army from the barracks to the hospital where I worked) and the furthest was about 10-12 miles. However, that was in Phoenix, and it took about 45 minutes each way most days. I sure don't miss that.

 

[Ithaca 37]

All my commuting is inside my house. Kitchen to office, bathroom to office, living room to office, bedroom to office. Once in awhile I have to drive somewhere on business, but that's never far and doesn't happen more than once or twice a week.

 

[mtmiller]

Time - about the entire song length of Crazy Bitch by Buck Cherry

 

[Oak]

Dude, I heard that song once on XM, and haven't heard it since! Funny...

 

[mtmiller]

Here is the clean version. Not quiet the same, but you get the idea.

http://www.buckcherry.com/Gallery/showphoto.php/photo/904

The rest of the album is pretty good, but this best for an upper on the way to the office.

 

[Hangar18]

About 3.5 miles one way. Anywhere from 12-15 minutes by bike depending on the route. 15-20 minutes by vehicle including the walk from the truck to work because free parking is about 8 blocks away.

 

[danr55]

I go 3 miles to work now. When I worked at North Island and drove the strand every day, it was 64 miles each way.

 

[Erik in AK]

about 600 miles each way