On the job in my head while at the wheel

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:54 pm

I find I’ve done some of my best thinking while driving. My first Air Force assignment, I would often say to my patients, “I had this idea [for treatment activities] driving home from work yesterday.” They would jokingly say “Sometimes I wish you lived on base.” At my last assignment (I retired a year ago), I was known to successfully treat very complex cases. I would often let patients know my initial impressions were sometimes preliminary, to be finalized after I drove on them a bit.

Driver Joined: Dec 25, 2009 Posts: 100

I always have these thoughts of the work load which i did the whole day from morning till evening while im on the WHEEL, I intend not to think of it but cant get rid of those thoughts.

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:04 pm

arun, if we were lawyers, we’d bill for that driving time!

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Posts: 485

I agree. if only I could pen down all the thoughts I've had while driving places (not to mention getting stuck in jams!) I'd have a few novels out by now! Wink

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:08 am

mow you are so right! I've had fleeting thoughts about the "what ifs" of hooking my brain up to transcription. But then next I'd be wanting an implimentation team for my ideas. It seems I just like the ideas and thinking part!

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Posts: 485

he he SL! that's the best part! Wink

lol..they ought to have invented something for people like us by now....such a pity all that undiscovered talent lying waste, don't you think?

Active member Joined: Dec 24, 2009 Posts: 52

Usually I think about stuffs like what movies to watch or like the chit chat I had with friends.. etc..

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Posts: 485

For me driving places is one time I plan out my whole day sometimes....from grocery lists, to calls I need to make... down to my very personal life! It's a wonder I manage to get any driving done in the first place! Wink

Driver Joined: Dec 30, 2009 Posts: 124

I find driving to be a good time for me to observer people. People I see as I pass them on the way to where I'm going. I know I get to see just little bits and pieces of their personalities. But some time the drama and comedy, I observe, are better than the movies.

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dfunzy wrote:

I find driving to be a good time for me to observer people. People I see as I pass them on the way to where I'm going. I know I get to see just little bits and pieces of their personalities. But some time the drama and comedy, I observe, are better than the movies.

yep. what with the countless traffic jams in london, one gets to do that a lot here as well. But it's mostly, horror movies I see! Wink

Driver Joined: Dec 30, 2009 Posts: 124

myownworld wrote:

dfunzy wrote:

I find driving to be a good time for me to observer people. People I see as I pass them on the way to where I'm going. I know I get to see just little bits and pieces of their personalities. But some time the drama and comedy, I observe, are better than the movies.

yep. what with the countless traffic jams in london, one gets to do that a lot here as well. But it's mostly, horror movies I see! Wink

I've seen my share of horror movies too.

Member Joined: Feb 03, 2010 Posts: 18

Of course i always see the comedy side of the people who drive on road. It makes me relax my mind and concentrate on my driving

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tony12 wrote:

Of course i always see the comedy side of the people who drive on road. It makes me relax my mind and concentrate on my driving

concentrate? in my case, it only distracts.....! Wink

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:40 am

myownworld wrote:

tony12 wrote:

Of course i always see the comedy side of the people who drive on road. It makes me relax my mind and concentrate on my driving

concentrate? in my case, it only distracts.....! Wink

I guess I am with you here MOW. As hard as I try, can;t see how this can help concentration, rather just the opposite Smile

Member Joined: Apr 03, 2011 Posts: 42

My first accident happened because I was not focused on driving. I totalled a classic musclecar. I did not have another mental distraction accident, but I did miss turns and waste gas. Mental distraction can be as dangerous as talking on a cellphone, without the visual indicator to warn other drivers, but what I call distraction others may call multitasking. I know I'm a poor multitasker, so that may be a judgement call of personal ability.