Driving and mind drifting

09.05.08

Filed Under: life

Pixelated Volkswagen

Is it just me or do you ever get the feeling while driving your car that you seem to “wake up” mean while you´re mind has drifted and you have no idea what happened while driving for the last miles/minutes? Not like you could´ve run over anyone without notice but never the less, you´re mind is blank? This seems to happen to me when I´m tired or stressed at work and it makes me nervous because I feel I´m a bit out of control.

I have a feeling this has a tendency to happen while driving in familiar places so I actually am concentrated on the road but it doesn´t need as much focus as I feel it should. This is something I can´t say is a fact, the out of body experiences, it´s a feeling i get that I can´t shake.

In all honesty I like to drive fast but I am such a wuss at the same time that I rarely do. Up north I can allow myself to go alittle crazy because there are hardly any traffic and the roads are good but here in the big city with all the stupid drivers I´m generally too cautious (except for foul language).

Foul language and driving is another thing. I feel it is essential for mental sanity to scream profanities at stupid drivers, pedestrians or bicycle riders. That way you can let off steam and come home and be a good person :-)

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One Response to “Driving and mind drifting”

  1. Kevin Spencer

    I think sometimes when driving you put yourself on autopilot and “just drive” without really putting any thought into it. That’s happened to me too. Sure I was a safe driver but couldn’t really tell you anything about what just happened in the past ten minutes.

    May 9th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

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