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Post by james on Feb 5, 2021 9:24:44 GMT -5
One of the audio versions of War and Peace is 67 hours long. Maybe I'd skip the War part.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 5, 2021 11:10:52 GMT -5
That'd be a hell of a road trip.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 5, 2021 11:44:03 GMT -5
I have a serious question. Isn't listening to audiobooks while driving a danger-carrying distraction?
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Post by Russell Letson on Feb 5, 2021 12:10:52 GMT -5
I only listen to books on long drives--started when we were still going to Pittsburgh and back every summer. I never experienced any distraction, perhaps because different parts of my brain are engaged by listening and driving. And I can't see a big distinction between listening to, say, All Things Considered and an audiobook--though in either case, I dedicate all my attention to driving when conditions get complicated (say, navigating city traffic or entry/exit lanes on a freeway).
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Post by david on Feb 5, 2021 12:15:43 GMT -5
Bill, Not for me. No more so than listening to music or conversing. And it did truly calm my driving when I was caught in traffic.
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Post by billhammond on Feb 5, 2021 12:20:42 GMT -5
I only listen to books on long drives--started when we were still going to Pittsburgh and back every summer. I never experienced any distraction, perhaps because different parts of my brain are engaged by listening and driving. And I can't see a big distinction between listening to, say, All Things Considered and an audiobook--though in either case, I dedicate all my attention to driving when conditions get complicated (say, navigating city traffic or entry/exit lanes on a freeway). Yeah, I guess that makes sense.
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Post by Marshall on Feb 5, 2021 15:32:30 GMT -5
I have a serious question. Isn't listening to audiobooks while driving a danger-carrying distraction? I'd say "No." From experience. What it does is keep you from getting sleepy while driving. Seems the listening-story-engaging part of your (my) brain is engaged and keeps you awake. The whole time I'm awake and comfortable with the reactionary part of my brain and motor skills handling the motoring part of driving. The result though, is I can't remember anything about the drive. It's all handled in real-time and forgotten. Really I was alert and non-drowsy the whole way for several hours. Driving doesn't take up all that much of brain cell attention. There's a lot of day dreaming that goes on. Long distance driving is a fight against boredom. Listening to music helps. But after a couple hours of that I get overload. Listening to a good audio book keeps me awake and engaged for long periods of time. PS - Before heading out for a long driving trip, I'll go to the library and check out some audio books on CD. The librarian invariably asks, "Going on a long trip? Where are you driving to?"
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Post by billhammond on Feb 5, 2021 15:49:41 GMT -5
Then he notes your address and later burglarizes your house.
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