Riffing on this thread, how many of you turn the radio down or off when you get lost while driving? How about during snow or rain storms?
Now that I have a GPS I keep the radio low enough to hear the driving directions but switch it off when I get totally lost.
I’m constantly turning down/off the radio in the car.
Driving in the rain? Radio turned off.
Doing a transaction at the ATM? Radio turned off.
Driving in unfamiliar places/with or without a map? Radio turned off.
I can’t concentrate with the radio. I’d say it’s usually off more often than it’s on. I may go days before I think to turn the radio on.
I do it sometimes when looking for an unfamiliar location or really poor weather. I don’t know why it helps but it does so that’s all the defense I need for the behavior.
The more tense I am while driving, the more likely I am to turn off the radio.
I used to drive all the time with the sound turned up, but now only on a boring much-travelled stretch of road. It’s too distracting, like a loud-mouth kid in the car, when I want to concentrate. And I’ve been mocked for turning the radio or CD off: ‘whats the matter, you can’t drive and listen at the same time’? No! Shut. Up!