Multitasking is an addiction, or seems like it to me. Sometimes I wonder if these folks would explode if they turned off the phone, turned off the radio, put down the food and drink and did nothing but drive silently. It would probably drive them to drink.

Personally, I like solitude and quiet and it's one reason I enjoy riding my bike. I do it without music. Just me and the rhythm of my legs and breathing. Life slows a bit, I start to notice things, the stress of work falls away and I'm refreshed. Maybe that's why mixing it up with some of these bozos is so annoying. They're just not on the same wavelength at all.