I've seen people doing some strange things while driving. Even saw a guy with a TV perched on the dash watching a porn film and driving one handed. But the guy on the Jersey pike reading a book, blew me away.
You can catch snatches (pun?) of video (unsafe) or a sentence or two off a brochure/newspaper (unsafe). You can even follow a map in little steps (unsafe) on a straight road and light traffic. But a Book?
If I'm distracted in the middle of a paragraph, it usually takes me longer to find my place and get back into the train of thought than it would have to finish the paragraph in the first place. Maybe others can switch back and forth faster without missing a thought but at turnpike speeds shit happens instantly.
You have no way of knowing what other drivers or God(s) are going to do. If your reading and driving how do you watch for cops, because if they see you, your trip *WILL* be delayed.
