Originally posted by ViciousCycle
I favor a ban that prohibits motor vehicle drivers from being inside an motor vehicle while driving. A motor vehicle, after all, is a type of sensory deprivation chamber. When the windows are rolled up, most of the noise from the world around you is blocked out. The smells, tastes, and textures of the world outside are blocked out almost completely. And even with windows, a lot of your vision is blocked out. It becomes tunnel vision - you see only that which is getting in your way.
I don't have that problem in my Miata
I haven't had it for very long, but it's amazing how much different driving is with the top down. It is definately not a sensory deprivation chamber, quite the opposite.