[PRCo] Re: Fwd: In Traffic’s Jam, (corrected)

[Joshua Dunfield]

Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Joshua Dunfield wrote:
> 
> > You can do all those things on the subway; people might think you're rude,
> > but you won't be endangering others by driving like you were drunk.  (The
> > evidence is that blowing a .10, sleep deprivation, and talking on a phone --
> > hands-free or not -- have about the same effect on driving.)
> 
> So is sleep dep plus cell phone equal to a .20? If so, it's a wonder I 
> made it home from all those trips to NYC on the Turnpike...

I really have no idea.  I don't have any personal experience here, except
on that one of the few times I've biked in Center City traffic while sleep-
deprived, I wiped out on (disused) trolley tracks, while I biked through
Schenley Park, totally exhausted, dozens of times without incident.  Some
situations just have more room for error.

> Amtrak's schedule is put of phase from when I needed to travel. It would 
> take longer but I got home in time to sleep. I'd leave and sleep on the 
> train. That'd be fine.

Oh, I agree, though the daytime schedule worked OK for me since I could get
work done on my laptop (I get more done when I *don't* have Internet access).

The sad thing is that an overnight train would work out almost perfectly
between Pittsburgh and PHL/NYP, even with the poor infrastructure.

-j.