What to do during a (driving) commute
Discussion
My commute of 75 miles to a client can be between 1 and 3 hours each way, which I do a couple of times a week at the moment. Normally I have the radio or my own music on, but I've started wondering if I could make better us of this "dead" time.
Obviously I need to be concentrating on the driving but does anyone use their commute to learn something new (eg from podcasts or similar), or anything else that is a better use of 8+ hours a week in the car?
Obviously I need to be concentrating on the driving but does anyone use their commute to learn something new (eg from podcasts or similar), or anything else that is a better use of 8+ hours a week in the car?
RizzoTheRat said:
Podcasts http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I tried language CD's but wouldn't recommend them, you really need to concentrate on the CD far more than I consider is sensible when driving.
I can't believe I've never actually used the podcast app on my iPhone. Thanks for the suggestion... off to the other link to find some podcasts for tomorrow's commute.I tried language CD's but wouldn't recommend them, you really need to concentrate on the CD far more than I consider is sensible when driving.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 20th May 13:41
ShiningWit said:
I'm sorry for the droll and humourless response, but given the amount of accidents per day (4 of them fatal) on today's roads I would just stick to concentrating on driving and what is going on around you. Driving takes 100% commitment and concentration, If you are trying to multitask whilst driving then you are a bit of a d
head tbh.
If you think that driving and listening is "multitasking" and your dangerous on the road then I would kindly ask that you hand in YOUR licence as you are obviously not capable of driving safely yourself.head tbh.There's only one d
head on this thread...Thanks to everyone else for the sensible suggestions. Listened to a couple of Jon Gaunt podcasts this morning and managed not to have an accident as well!
ShiningWit said:
You quite clearly state "but does anyone use their commute to learn something new"
As the others point out this infers something else other than just listening to something enjoyable.
Nice selective quoting there As the others point out this infers something else other than just listening to something enjoyable.
I also said that I need to concentrate on driving and mentioned podcasts (which others agree are not dangerous to listen to when driving) which you chose to ignore from the same sentence of my OP. Not once did I say I wanted to get an open university degree whilst on the road...
As it stands I've learned quite a bit that I didn't know a week ago from listening to Jon Gaunt's podcasts so I have achieved my aim without having or causing any accidents.
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