Commuting daily- how do you pass the time

This morning I 'fell asleep' on the N2 and missed my ramp to the R300 -not for the first time.

Probably because I was deep in thunk. and what a detour that nap cost me

But it called to mind all the things I do while commuting to make the journey a little different.

I have 4 stop intersections and four traffic light intersections before I'm out of S/West and I have 3 stop intersections and 6 traffic light intersections from R300 to my office.

= 7 stop streets & 10 robots.

CRUISE CONTROL OVER ONE WEEK:

If I set my crusie control to 110kph, I consume 4.9 litres per 100 kilometres.

If I set it at 120, I consume 5,6 l/100km.

If I do not use cruise control I consume from 6.91 to 7.3 l/100km.

All the cars that zip ammagluglug passed me when I'm doing 110kph, I pass again before the R300 with ease.

I can ride the entire route on the RT without putting a foot to the ground 5 times out of ten.

On the 1150GS I easily do 9 out-of-ten trips, without touching the ground.

On the GS I seldom fall asleep because my throttle return-spring unwinds to rest if I don't keep a conscious grip on it. I must look so silly slowly slowing down to 30....

On the RT with crusie control, I often drop off into auto pilot. I arrive at my destination without the foggiest recollection of the journey details.

If the traffic so much as slips outta synch, I snap seamlessly into full concsiousness and immediately scan the environment around me for clues as to what 'woke' me.

On the GS I can easily ride standing up from garage door at home to parked in garage at work.

I have not had a speed ticket in 3 months.

I have not been pulled over while commuting for ±5 months.

I photograph many AARTO violations just 'cos I have a camera handy and the idiots hate been photgraphed and immediately chnage their behaviour to good from stupid.

90% of the cars make way for the bike.

The few that do not, don;t bother me at all.

GS/KTM riders greet me when on the GS, they do not greet me when on the RT.

Becuae I rarely drive at the same time each day, I can't really pick up cars I recognise. Although that may be bacuse I only have ±100meg RAM in my brain and that it over tapes within 1,5 days, so I can't build that picture anyway.

I often spend the time on the phone, touching base with key colleagues

and arrive at work in full operating trim.

I always arrive at destination in a very good mood.

I have not had a tar road incident/accident apart for the Famous Neil Berry scare incident in 2000, where I dropped my RT doing 20kph crossing railroad tracks at the V&A entrance (outside Auto Atlatinc BMW) and stood in front of Neil pink with blood from grazes to ask if he'd fix my bike.

But I often get 'jumped' by bikes speeding passed me at crazy speeds on the N2, and that often catches me unawares as they appear outta nowhere and their exhausts are so crazy-loud.

And I'm totally flumoxed about how many people throw their ciggy butts or ash out the window without thought to their rear view mirrors and who is iin their slip-stream.

But I long ago gave up 'educating' them.