Do you ever arrive at a place and wonder how you got there? Driving, I mean. For most of us, driving is a reflex action and we probably all think about other things while we drive. Or do we? Is it only some of us, mainly female? I don't know if men can drive and think (obligatory dig at their lack of multitasking skills).
It occurred to me that thinking while you drive is very much in the category of talking on your phone while at the wheel. If you are talking to someone, your focus is on what they are saying, not on what is happening around you. Even if they are not using a phone, it always makes me nervous to drive behind someone who talks to their passenger and keeps turning their head to look at them. Why do they need to do that? Shouldn't they be looking ahead? I'm sure a driving instructor didn't teach it to them.
So if you are deep in thought and only wonder after you go across an intersection whether you looked both ways or whether the light was green, wouldn't that make you as irresponsible as someone talking on the phone while driving?
It could be that if you travel the same route every day, your subconscious memory is keeping an eye out for the right signals and awareness of other vehicles. This must be how women multitask - how else would we be able to put on our lipstick and still be ready to pull away at the green light with the rest of the traffic?
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