The Benefits of Ziplines

Ziplines are an incredible method of transportation. They allow the rider, more commonly known as the zipper, to glide peacefully and quickly from place to place. They are extremely effective and are not used enough in our society. All of our country's transportation involves cars, trains, and other motor vehicles. We need to get rid of this trend. If we replaced our motor transportation with the swift zipline, we would get rid of all our transportation problems. One of the main problems with our current travel methods is exhaust and the release of harmful gases into the air. With the zipline this does not happen. There is no use of any gas in the zipline(besides human flatulence). It does not create pollution like the traditional vehicles. It will be much safer for the environment if we implement ziplines as our main mode of travel. Another benefit of this natural transportation is that we will no longer be slaves to gas prices. We are a country that lives off of gasoline. It keeps us running. Everyyear we dump millions into the oil industry. By using ziplines, we take away the chains that tie us to gasoline and oil. Along with the environmental benefits, ziplines will also bring about a safer way of getting from place to place. It will eliminate traffic accidents. With the zipline, there is an even speed for everyone and offenses such as illegal turns, driving off the road, and driving on the wrong side of the street, will be succesfully eliminated. If the driver is not fully attentive this will no longer be a problem. There is no way to stray from your lane and the only way to change direction will be at the strategically placed towers which will hold the system together. Also, the problem that is Drunk Driving will be eliminated. There will be no problem with drunk ziplining. Well there might be, but its not as bad as drunk driving. While someone who is drunk driving endangers himself and others around him, the drunk zipliner does not. The drunk zipliner can only hurt himself. This can be done in a number of ways. Not strapping properly into his harness, not strapping his harness properly to the line, or falling off one of the towers. In no way does this harm anyone besides the drunk. Ziplines allows itself for use by drunks. It does not put others in harms way when a drunk is ziplining and therefore does not create a large problem. The ziplines final benefit is its quickness. Instead of starting a car and putting it in drive and backing out of the driveway and making a K-Turn before they start their voyage, a zipper only has to clip and zip. The zipper is on their way faster than the driver. In a recent timed experiment in my head, it took a driver five minutes to make a mile journey, while it took a zipper two minutes. This is a three minute difference. Imagine this ratio and greater lengths though. Say, five hours to three hours or five days to three days. In a world increasingly dependent on innovative transportation, I suggest the zipline as an environmentally friendly, safe, and quick way of travel.