None of the above. I've been behind the wheel of about 99% of the miles I've traveled in a car over the last several years. Thus, it can be a bit of a nervous experience when I'm cruising along in the passenger seat of a car. I'm just not used to looking out of the windshield and not being in control of anything. Sometimes I even operate the non-existent pedals!

I can't really say I have any problems with any of the options in the poll unless we're talking about an airplane that's on fire or something like that.

 

Cars powered by turbo 4's. They are everywhere replacing the ethereally smooth V6's.

 

Absolutely agree. Those small turbo engines run like total crap in low altitude areas. They merely run like crap in high altitude areas. Give me a normally aspirated, bigger 4 cyl. or 6 cyl. engine. Better power delivery, better fuel economy in real-world conditions, and better reliability. It's a slam dunk.

 

Gondola - Have been in one in Venice and was scared two aspects: 1 Price and 2 Operators singing was way too Operatic for my liking ..............

 

That does sound frightening! I'm glad I didn't ride a gondola when I went to Venice.

With all these ultra long-haul flights in/out of Australia these days, could you imagine being on a plane for 20 hours with non-stop opera playing in the cabin? Even worse, what if it's Wagner? That would be worse than hearing screaming children the whole flight! Perhaps I should fly El Al to make sure that never happens. The Al will make sure there's no Wagner. I might have to put up with some Offenbach, but I think I can-can Handel that.

 

Siberian wolf-carts, the only way to get to and from some cities. They're known to turn on their passengers and eat them. No remedy, since you have to sign a waiver.

 

definitely cars. If I become dictator, there will be a national monorail system with shuttles or golf carts that take people to the monorail station from secondary locations. Can't stand cars, hate highways, I don't even like efficiency so why would I bother with them.

 

Flying. I have a mild fear of flying, despite how much of it I've done. I remember when my best friend and I visited NYC last summer, I found out we weren't going to be sitting together on the flight back. Thankfully we found someone who was willing to trade seats with me otherwise I might have freaked out

I'll steer clear of helicopters too.

 

I didn't check any of the choices because of not being afraid of them, but helicopters make me nervous. Copters are contraptions. They require 5 times the maintenance of winged aircraft (literally!) because of all many parts it takes to keep them airborne. Years ago, I once saw a helicopter crash in my Los Angeles neighborhood. It was a small, one person newscopter, and the tail rotor flew off, causing it to be completely uncontrollable. It looped wildly until, by sheer luck, crashing on an uninhabited hillside, and the pilot got out unhurt. Nope. No wingless wonders for me.

 

Taxi ... always a gamble and a waste as regards expenses.

Bikes weren´t even included in the event horizon, apparently. I feel safe cycling in most countries and environments however, but some don´t.

Will never forget that bike tour along a lovely English country lane with tall hedges on both sides, right out to the asphalt road surface, in reality a tunnel, and the hazardous, very fast passage of a (drunk?) lorry driver, literally an inch away from me. Could very well have been killed then.

 

If you included zip lines, that would be my choice. Or swinging from vines in Africa.

 

Until I was in my teens it was car, bus or coach - I used to spew virtually every time. As you can imagine, I was really popular on school trips or family holidays...

 

I am afraid of great depths of water, so put me down for being afraid of any size boat. Also, although I'm not afraid to fly over land, I have a fear of flying over oceans. Call me crazy, but if the plane crashed and plunged into an ocean, I wouldn't want my body being food for the sharks, even though I know I'd die on the way down ....

 

Hot air balloons

 

Yes, that's a good one. As I'm rather acrophobic any means of airborne transport in which I'm not totally cocooned would be a no-no - not even a helicopter if it's one of those where I'm surrounded on most sides by nothing but glass.

 

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Federation starship transporters ... the idea of being dematerialized

Ohh ... and walking when there is a self-driving car moving in my direction.

 

Ambulance, then hearse.

 

I don't like airplanes. Don't like flying in them and don't like them flying overhead. Simple as that.

 

Okay! Okay! We'll get rid of the airplanes. Anything to keep you posting here!

 

I hate those cheap interstate trips where people pursue you with whips, forcing you to run as fast as you can from one state to another. I know they save money, but still... Even Greyhound is better, if only marginally.

 

Allegedly a graffito was seen in the NY subway which read:

"Gloria Mundi is sic of the transit".

Let's hope it is true.

I facetiously voted "gondola" because I am not afraid of any of the modes of transport offered.

Although, if, by subway, you mean a pedestrian underpass, then I might be worried of it was late at night and/or in a bad neighbourhood.

 

Allegedly a graffito was seen in the NY subway which read:

"Gloria Mundi is sic of the transit".

Let's hope it is true.

I facetiously voted "gondola" because I am not afraid of any of the modes of transport offered.

Although, if, by subway, you mean a pedestrian underpass, then I might be worried of it was late at night and/or in a bad neighbourhood.

I love New York.

 

Eons ago, I remember reading of an anti-hate campaign in New York, which was deemed a success when "****** Hate" appeared scrawled on a subway wall.

Note: there should be 4 asterisks above, not 6 .

 

I'm afraid of all cars driven by the idiots in my community, going 50 mph in a 30 mph zone. The sidewalks are on the same level as the road, so no barriers. Going for my morning walk can be a scary adventure. Hope that's all it becomes!

 

Florida is weird. Cars going 30 mph over in the slow lanes and cars going 30 mph under in the fast lanes.

 

I haven't voted. The option of "other people being entrusted with a car" wasn't there!

I don't enjoy flying, but it's not a fear, just a sense of discomfort. I loathe and despise airports however. Horrid, crowded, faceless unhygienic places.....

I have now voted for small boat. Perfectly happy in an eight or four, never felt 100% comfortable in a single scull though.

 

Being trapped in a metal tube with 100 other people at 30,000 feet is not my cup of tea! And what if there's a zombie outbreak! They won't let us carry grenades to defend ourselves. Maybe I would fly if they would let me carry some grenades.

 

Ford Zephyr estate from mid-1950s - uurrgghh...

 

Looks like a hearse!

 

Thanks for those examples. They made me try googling "wooden car" in the google picture function & this gave a lot of further, weird and spectacular cases

https://www.google.dk/search?q=wood...ahUKEwjTyJ3EkpTaAhVBjywKHb4CAOQQ_AUICigB&biw=1821&bih=882#imgrc=sobY2UgnKWcKHM:

 

Time machine..............

 

I couldn't choose between plane, ship or subway so I picked all three.