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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment,sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Cost of public vs. private transportation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.001125.9798@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 00:11:25 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.014145.20843@s1.gov> <22072@venera.isi.edu> <1992Jul29.223430.6269@s1.gov>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
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- In article <1992Jul29.223430.6269@s1.gov> lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- >
- > And if one drives, one's time is occupied controlling the car,
- >while if one travels by public transit, or is driven by someone else,
- >one is free to do other things. Is _that_ ever figured?
-
- I can tell you aren't a veteran auto commuter. We eat breakfast, shave,
- drink coffee, talk on the phone, sing along with the radio (real loud),
- and think about what we're going to do during the day. Driving to a veteran
- is a purely automatic process. I often notice after the fact that I've
- slowed or stopped, or changed lanes, or even gotten off at my exit. The
- subconscious has been doing the work while my conscious mind is focused
- on other things. About the only thing you can't do safely in a car is
- read the paper, though I've seen commuters doing that too.
-
- Gary
-