ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the differentiations of time and place in young people's comments as well as the articulation and symbolisation of roads through their cultural history and signage. It also explores the social significance of boredom and pleasure through the routinised associations of time and place formed in connection with prevailing notions of freedom. Roads are deeply inscribed with mobile meanings that amount to articulations of the road. Places and vehicles are articulated through driving practices which encompass the implications of the place, and the associations and attachments to it expressed in discourse. The difference between driving to work and driving for pleasure became very pronounced for many of the young people who had been driving for more than a year or two and some driving experiences were consequently classified as 'a waste of time'. Driving in the city and driving at night were experienced differently according to familiarity with city and night driving and comfort with the car.
