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one which signifies that i am different in some significant way from the majority i have had and continue to have people treat me differently in ways that they would not my friends or family say by speaking to someone other than to me even when it is i who have raised the question or query or by treating me in such a way which invokes past experiences of relatives or loved ones in states of profound impairment despite the fact that my experiences and needs are different that is in such cases my personal agency as an actor or individual with my own views worries and questions is abated i am viewed as a representative therefore i am not an individual there is no such differentiation between specialized or adapted vehicles for the physically impaired or disabled individuals on the road compared with normal cars we all flow into the same lane or road the caveat here is of course parking bays where disabled bays alongside mother and child bays are given proximity priority but i am strictly talking of when the car is in motion as such i am intrigued by the possibility of me in the car being treated in a similar manner as to everyone else who is present on the road that our actions speak for themselves rather than the prejudices present on seeing the physical self as a first judgement i ve briefly touched on my own experiences here and a few ideas above but i want to move forward to acknowledge a few thoughts that have swirled around my mind over the past year or so on the open road i have become somewhat intrigued by the notion of driving and the path of the road as a cultural symbol and as a personal experience as such the following are thoughts somewhat vague in nature of driving a marker by the side during the first six months of my experience as a driver i passed a personal marker on the road to work a curve in the dual carriageway where a silent single fluttering jersey indicated a geographical spot where a young life had been cut short the car skidding from the road late at night killing one of its two occupants the jersey by the side of the road aptly demonstrated both the family s singular pain and the danger of driving without due regard for the road conditions a memento of the often tumult path of life it acted as a constant reminder for me then when i saw it throughout the different seasons of the year and i remember it clearly now in my mind s eye it is easy to be self contained in a car if you are driving alone thinking only of yourself and not of the actions that you yourself have on others and those around you that the road is open and easy to see yet drivers especially of cars can be subdued too easily by the sheltering in the cage of metal and glass too easy it is to shut out both the weather and the sound of the road too easy to become disconnected from what is in front to the side and behind death is the ultimate outcome of driving dangerously or incorrectly each person who drives should understand that they are both responsible for themselves any passengers and for the safety of those of who the car comes near be it other vehicle drivers or pedestrians a friend who rides a motorcycle near year round has spoken of their wish that each person who learns to drive does so first on a motorbike where every second must be concerned and concentrated with the movement of your bike and your body where the dangers in the driving blind spot become that much more pronounced as there is no clear boundary or distinction between the body and the tarmac it is an interesting idea i think and it shows that although the majority of the road users in most countries are car and truck drivers there are different experiences of using the road out there that even though we may be all drivers we do not each experience the same sense of driving or the same sense of security from the vehicles we choose to use to get from a to b it is my suggestion that this is the experience of the other in this environment the one that car and truck drivers must take extra special care for motorcyclists as well as cyclists due to the physical differences in the size of the vehicle and the position of the body on top of the vehicle rather than the notion of what it feels like to be on the inside of it thoughts on interior vs exterior however within the confines of my personal anthropology of driving there is also a need to define the personal space within the interior of the car and the exterior public face of the vehicle i e the personalization of the interior as a representation of the identity versus the need to drive responsibly and react accordingly to the changes in weather traffic density and normal or exceptional road hazards we have all for instance seen the personalized number plates or stickers attached to the exterior surface of cars or the use of rosary beads dangling from the rear view mirror possibly signifying a religious connection to catholicism or perhaps simply a physical item in which to grab and to hold to reassure and to connect these are markers of expressed individual and group identity through the modified material culture of the car which could be symbolic of the beliefs of the individual and possibly an indicator of the nature of their personality although there must also be a distinction between these leaps and not infer beyond the unreasonable these do of course differ dependent on the circumstances the cliché of a boy impressing a girl by driving fast is indicative of the use of the vehicle to express dominance or perceived masculinity and not the expression of the material culture of the individual within the car there are as such different signifiers at work when we consider the expression of identity with regards to vehicle ownership and use see photograph below warning if you value your life as much as i value this truck don t mess with it seen in san francisco in april 2015 photograph taken with a digital camera by the author if used elsewhere please credit as appropriate so what is in my car you can expect to find the odd physio stretching band placed in the car from before i started to drive so i could exercise the muscles of the right arm on the way to and from work to regain the majority of the extension of the antebrachium back i have permanently lost the ability to fully extend my arm due to the somewhat intimidating and unnerving bend of the right humerus it isn t immediately noticeable the bend but when i point it out in person you may be surprised and somewhat horrified at what once was and now what is look into the main storage box and you ll find a whole heap of cd s covering a fairly wide range of genres and musical styles from the cut and thrust of fugazi and their 13 songs album to the emotional tape loops of steve reich s different trains and guitar counterpoint you could probably tell that the cd medium is the one in which i invest the most in for music listening just via the car haul of discs themselves i m forever rotating my classic selection of favoured albums that i ve purchased more recently such as joanna newsom s divers the godspeed you black emperor album asunder sweet and other distress or sufjan steven s hauntingly beautiful carrie and lowell album the car now has become one of my prime personal music venues enhanced by the visuals on the road and the acuity of speaker to body distance the drive to and from work allows for the almost total immersion of sound to radiate around me to envelope the body and invigorate the mind as i drive the expression of music is carried on in the material contents of the car by three or four worn drumsticks perched precariously in the front chair s backseat pocket the drum sticks head and necks are pretty worn away indicative of their active life beating the various tom toms snares and high hats of drum kits across the rehearsal and practice rooms of my home town if you dig a bit deeper it is quite possible you may find a roll of film now i m really harking back to pre digital technology indicative of the ownership of my beloved cheap pentax camera which sometimes finds a temporary home in the car for when i am out and about it is sometimes paired with my cheaper still digital camera nestled in the front passenger seat is a battered copy of will self s experimental novel shark a copy of which i convince myself i will finish one day regardless of the growing stack of novels and non fiction books that mount beside my bed karl ove knausgård s min kamp circle of books has taken my recent fancy as well as janine di giovanni s more somber documentation of syria s ongoing destruction in her book the morning they came for us dispatches from syria it is i think also an expression of the need to read in down times where i find myself waiting for one reason or another so these are the two big things you may notice in my car music and books but what does the car and the road say about us from a non individual status what laws do we follow and why what are the roads laid out before us and why do we subscribe to a set of nationally and internationally prescribed laws state expression as such it could be highlighted here that the need to observe the rules of the road are essentially laid in law by whichever or whoever is in control of the land itself that is the road and the population who drive on that road are obeying the rules in a manner prescribed by the ruling power and as such act in that way this could be a potentially reductionist approach to understanding how countries or cultures approach driving and the road network however it is also an intriguing area of interest allow me to expound briefly on the above point the expression of the state is manifested by the obligation of the driver to obey the rule of the law on the road whilst the interior environment of the car allows for a personal reflection of the identity via its material culture aligned to this are group identities expressed in this way they can be cultural religious personal or idiosyncratic in nature we ll take a very quick global tour to explore some of this expressions of individuality within group expression i ll also highlight some of the cultural restrictions placed on car drivers in different countries as it can be easy to think that each country s laws are similar to one another but cultural restrictions play an important part in this as a projection of the country s laws and beliefs road changes cultural restrictions road space rationing is the term used to describe the strategy to limit road users using particular methods of restriction these can include methods such as no drive days alternate day travel and general restrictions on road access the strategies are used globally as temporary or permanent measures to decrease vehicle use and environmental impact largely in major cities but also with increasing use in major industrial countries such as china and india a similar method to this is the use of car sharing lanes where privileged road or lane access is given to cars containing more than one person as an incentive to cut single person travelling in london england the permanent congestion charge zone was introduced in 2003 to combat the growing number of vehicles entering the center of the capital city as a means of cutting down environmental damage and of limiting the sheer volume of traffic bikes and notorious boris bikes have been particularly targeted as the green and safe way to travel within the city center alongside the extensive public transportation routes transport for london tfl have stated that there has been a 10 reduction in vehicle traffic in the decade since the introduction of the congestion charge which has found favor with a number of residents of the city in the capital of france paris a temporary scheme whereby owners of cars with odd or even number plates were not allowed into the city on that particular day or days was in place during a particularly polluted period in 2014 temporary measures such as this are largely aimed at immediately cutting smog that threatens or has blanketed the city in question other methods include closing down particular routes or roads during particular days in são paulo brasil s biggest city a normally packed 3 5 km section of the minhocão highway nicknamed the big worm is returned for the use of pedestrians and cyclists only each weekday evening saturday afternoons and full sundays during the summer period whilst minhocão has been partially closed to vehicles for 26 years there has been a new movement to close down avenida paulista in the city on sundays as well the schemes in são paulo is used as an urban reclamation of roads or transportation routes as a matter to regain urban walkways and increase the use of public transportation and finds similarities with a number of schemes across the globe for instance in new york city usa the reclamation of the 1 45 km long high line an old railroad renovated as an elevated walkway festooned with shrubbery has seen it become a major attraction within the city itself in its own right the car can become symbolic as in this case where it is the icon of a city forever on the move the new york taxi is one such symbol and if encountered on its home turf is often accompanied by an incessant honking of the horn and the permanent background noise of a thousand ticking engines running over forever stopping and starting photograph on a digital camera by the author if used elsewhere please credit the author as appropriate new york city is both famous and infamous for its classic yellow cabs that litter the city to any driver from europe the roads of american cities can present a challenge as american cities are often built on the grid pattern much like the new city of milton keynes in the united kingdom in such a busy and compacted city as new york this invariably means that the traffic never truly gets a chance to flow due to the traffic lights at each and every corner dictating who goes where when on a visit to the city that i was lucky enough to have last year i couldn t help but notice the truly gigantic sounding board that the multi storied buildings of manhattan presented as the taxi drivers and drivers throughout the city incessantly honked their horn it surprised me but also moved me in a way i had not expected i was in the city of the movies arguably the heart of the country itself in all of its architectural splendor and freudian intimidation alongside the metaphorical american dream representations as i come to the conclusion of this post i have presented a quick introduction to some of my thoughts rounding down to international approaches to do with the increase in the number of the drivers and the damage wrought by diesel and petrol hungry engines in city centers not to mention the natural environment yet there is much more that i feel i ought to write i haven t touched on the interesting subculture of young male drivers in the kingdom of saudi arabia 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