I have had thousands of lifts and scary ones were very few.
And while I have no desire to negotiate the motorway system ever again, I am very grateful to all the people who gave me lifts over the years, for the transport, but even more for the memories.
In the distance, two empty lifts rise and fall, out of time with each other, as they make their way towards the roof, then begin a slow descent, disappearing into the shafts and continuing down to the ground floor.
And it lacks the Big Apple's attitude – I don't think we ate anywhere that diners at neighbouring tables didn't chat, offering restaurant advice and gossip, and even – when our taxis failed to show – lifts to our destination.
One setback, however, is that with both parents working again, a brief and enjoyable spell of walking the mile-and-a-bit to primary school has reverted to lifts in the car.
Yellen acknowledged that including discouraged workers in the unemployment rate lifts it to around 13%, "a much broader measure of shortfall in our economy from what we would like to see".
As the veil lifts further, the BBC should have a care.
This means access to 250km of interlinked lifts and runs with terrain for all standards.
The victory lifts the premiers to a share of the competition lead with Port Adelaide, who play on Sunday.
"The style was less athletic than today, the legs are lower, and not so many lifts, but there are many more steps in a phrase than we see now, the combinations are so fresh and so interesting, and there is so much detail".
But the fact that its pre-teen title character is an aspiring ballet-dancer lifts it into the sort of follow-your-dreams whimsy that wouldn't be out of place in a Frank Capra movie.
