Last August China experienced the world’s longest traffic jam — timewise and lengthwise — at ten days sixty miles and 10 000 cars long.
But … were the drivers really stuck? Well as long as they were committed to being on that road and staying with their cars they were. But other options did exist. Back to that soon.
Some of today’s cars have memory adjustments; at the press of a button seat mirrors and stereo system will move into the favorite settings of a previous driver. This works well for a car and driver. It’s when we journey the roads of our life on memory settings and cruise control that it’s a problem.
How often do we live our lives according to “memory adjustment” settings whether or not we own a car? We often consciously or subconsciously expect each day to be just the same as the day before and we accept our previous day’s settings without ever checking to see if they still fit.
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