Have you ever driven from point A to point B...

[Random Variable]

but not remembered actually driving from point A to point B because your mind was elsewhere? It happens to me all the time on long trips.

 

[Syringer]

That's why I don't drive high

 

[CrackRabbit]

had that happen to me once when i drove home late at night i dont remember about 50 miles of my 150 mile trip.
Was so scary when I came back to reality while driving, going how the hell did I get here?

 

[Heisenberg]

Yeah, it's especially bad if the weather's crappy or something and I have to really concentrate on driving. Something about levels of stimuli affecting memory retention IIRC.

 

[imported_Mike]

yes when im on the phone

 

[Gooose]

Yea the reason is, you are driving from point a to b, but you know the route so well that your mind does not "need" to think about it.

I learned about this in psych a little bit ago.

 

[olds]

All the time

 

[Rockhound]

Try going from C to D next time instead and you might remember it.

 

[Bootprint]

Yep, at least when I worked nights.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Syringer
That's why I don't drive high

LMAO!

No one was injured, but the driver of the SUV was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana.

 

[quakefiend420]

i do it all the time...driving to okc and back i dont even think about it...its pretty much autopilot the whole way...

 

[NFS4]

Yes, everyone does. And if you say that you don't, you're a flippin' liar

 

[Stumps]

yep..its called going to work

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Yes, everyone does. And if you say that you don't, you're a flippin' liar

Uh, all of a sudden you're a psychologist now?

Is it so hard to believe that some of us actually concentrate when we drive?

 

[phreakah]

sometimes i realize i'm in a different lane than i last remember being in and wonder how i got there

 

[clamum]

Yeah it happens sometimes... my mind is elsewhere.