Bernard O'Shea: I'm driving less to be eco-friendly, but I love being in my car
Bernard O'Shea: Self-driving cars are here. It's not science fiction anymore. Like it or lump it, it's a scientific fact.
There are two types of people in the world—those who like going for a drive and those that don't. I've always enjoyed being in a car and having no destination in mind. Just aimlessly staring out the window, looking at oddities in fields, or looking at random houses and thinking about the occupants, their lives and dramas. If I won the lottery, I would drive around the world. I'm constantly putting into Google Maps the longest distance you could go continually.
According to Brian Cohen's website The Gate, "The longest continuous, direct driving route in the world is 8,726 miles or 14,043 kilometres — from Sagres in Portugal to Khasan in Russia — consuming approximately six days and 19 hours". If I were to do this, I wouldn't get out of the car too often. For instance, I'd get out to paddle in the Atlantic Ocean before I left and maybe dip my toe in the Sea of Japan when I'm finished. I like moving in my tin cocoon, protected from the cold.
