Make Your Driving Time A Learning Time
I came across some startling information yesterday night. According to the American Automobile Association, the average automobile driver drives 12,000 to 25,000 miles each year. This means that we spend between 500 to 1000 hours each year in our cars. That is a staggering 12 1/2 to 25 forty-hour weeks!
Wow! And what do must of us do when we are behind the wheel? Either we are mindlessly listening to music that is not helping us develop our minds or we are yelling and cursing at other drivers and the driving schools they went to. Think with me for a minute of how much learning you could amass behind the wheel of your car. On average we log in the equivalent of two full university semesters behind the wheels of our cars each year!
Choose to stock your car with audio books and learning CDs of material that will enable you to learn while driving. Some of us even have DVD players in our cars! Look for good training material that you can watch instead of listening to music that will not help you in the long run, or watching movies that you will quickly forget about. Driving time can be learning time. It even helps your driving attitude. The only caution you may have to exercise is with watching a DVD while driving. I normally let my DVDs play in the background as I focus on my driving. Make your driving time a learning time.
