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| A carpool is when two or more people | | | | make the schedule’s copies and circulate a |
| commuting share a ride in one of their personal | | | | copy of this with everybody’s contact |
| vehicles. These carpools are really very flexible. | | | | numbers. |
| Use the carpool only as and when required. This | | | | Decide the meeting place and whether it would be |
| enables you to get free time to plan out other | | | | better to meet at one central location or have a |
| things on days when you are not in the carpool. | | | | door-to-door pick up arrangement. Work out the |
| A carpool system example would be if you are | | | | timings of the morning and evening pick up and |
| using a two-wheeler for a couple of kilometres | | | | then work on planning the route. |
| every day and somebody near you is also | | | | There are many ways to get to car pool |
| working in either the same company or the same | | | | partners or the car sharing in India. There are |
| building or even on the same route, you share the | | | | many websites you can visit and find a great |
| ride. In other words, instead of using two | | | | number of interested people in the Carpool of |
| separate vehicles, you can both use one by giving | | | | India or depending where you live in the Carpools |
| a lift to the other person and then the driving | | | | in Mumbai or the Carpools in Delhi. Once you |
| duty can be interchanged. This helps to save | | | | register your name and location you would |
| money, fuel and reduce pollution. | | | | receive a contact list with names and contact |
| Most of the car-poolers can take turns to drive | | | | information of the persons who match your |
| and share the expenses. Any one of them may | | | | commute or travel pattern and you just need to |
| drive all or almost all the time and in such | | | | contact them and work out the rest. You can |
| circumstances, passengers share the car | | | | even stick a sign on your car or on the notice |
| maintenance and fuel charges. | | | | board of your office. In case you do not find a |
| You really have work out the whole plan of who | | | | match all you have to do is post another ad on |
| will drive and for how long. Work out the | | | | the site. You can even talk to your neighbours |
| alternates of driving on a daily, weekly, or | | | | regarding the same. |
| monthly basis if all of you want to drive. In case | | | | Other options available to you in India are |
| there are two or more people you must have | | | | Ridesharing in India, Car rental in India, Indian |
| another driver willing to drive in case some | | | | carpool. |