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>All in all, though, I think commuting to Manhattan via the
>LIRR is slightly less shitty than traveling by car because you can at least
>read on the train, so the time isn't completely wasted.
>
>Carl
You can read in a car. This is from an interview (funnily enough in today's paper) with Michael L. Brown, commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. He also says 4,000 people a year die in traffic collisions in California.
>We have people brushing their teeth. We still
>have people putting on makeup. We have people
>shaving. I remember, back in the '70s
writing
>a ticket to an individual on the 101 Freeway who
>was reading "Gone With the Wind" in heavy traffic.