> On a train you can work, read, listen to a podcast, sometimes eat

I do all of those things in my car while driving too. Maybe not read but I’ve listened to audiobooks. I also sit in Teams meetings, read and respond to emails and IMs on my phone as well when I’m at a stop light. Maybe some people can’t do these things while driving but plenty of us do.

> Maybe some people can’t do these things while driving but plenty of us do.

It's not that those people are unable. It's that they're not idiots that risks other's lives.

You write as if you believe you're a better driver than most, but that's wrong. People doing the things you mention are bad and dangerous drivers.

And you're a hazard to everyone around you doing most of the things.

But it's fine, the poors (pedestrians, cyclists) deserve to die, anyway.

Lol... yea, let's not discuss the 100 deaths a day are caused by automobile collisions. It's not going to help your argument.

How many emails are you sending at stop lights? When I communicated I'd be lucky to queue some music at a stop light.

You can do those things if you get a seat, which you generally cannot during commuting hours in any city where public transit is good enough to be popular.

I commuted for awhile between Baltimore and DC on Amtrak and apart from being hellaciously unreliable it was great for working. But my commute from the upper west side to east midtown when I lived in NYC was completely different—being crammed into the 1/2/3 and then fighting through the masses to take the S across town.

> You can do those things if you get a seat, which you generally cannot during commuting hours in any city where public transit is good enough to be popular.

I see lots of people watching movies/series or reading books (physical or ebooks) while standing up in various Paris transit during rush hour.

You can listen to audiobooks while you drive too.

Same here in Tokyo. No eating though: you're not supposed to eat or drink on trains, for good reason. (Though sometimes people do sometimes)

You can listen to music or a podcast while standing.

I just plugged in upper west side and midtown Manhattan into google maps... It said 18 minutes via transit. Maybe your commute had more complications, last mile and so on.

You can listen to music or a podcast while driving. You can even hear it over the din of your car engine, which is much less loud than being shoved into a box with a hundred other people.