Earbud Commute

I wear earbuds when I commute. I know it's illegal but so is snapping in traffic and putting a minivan into the wall. Podcasts keep my mind off the road which is actually safer for everyone.

That being said, no one wants a chickenshit ticket and I commute through the nexus of the chickenshit ticket universe. Because of this, I have developed a way of getting my earbuds out if a cop pulls up behind me without any upper body movement. They look for twitchy arm movements, so I grab the cord in my lap and yank them out of my ears. It kinda hurts, but it works. Haven't gotten a ticket yet, but I realized something today... if the person in front of me happens to look in their mirror as I do this, all they see is a motionless driver with earbuds flying out of his head. It must look like I rock so hard that I don't even notice my ipod exploding out of my dome.

Man, I wish I still rocked that hard.