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pfd bone if reproduced elsewhere please credit as appropriate and inform the author of this blog i said it was a long and patient journey because the majority of the time spent waiting to drive was spent silently healing my head often buried in an article or a book whilst devouring coffee it took a long time for the two pieces of the bone shafts to become one again as the callus formed and bridged the fracture site the woven bone that is initially laid down changing over time to lamellar or mature bone so much so that in some cases bone fracture sites can be completely remodeled with little noticeable sign of a historic break ever having taken place during this time i was shuttled from appointment to appointment as a passenger in my assigned vehicle wondering what it was like to dictate the journey and the destination what it was like to take control on starting you may think that i would be wary of driving due to the above described frailties that my body imposed on my life but i was ready to go and ready to face the roads of my country i was and remain eager to explore the freedom of the road alongside the exploration of the idea that that freedom represents in itself many of my friends had started driving at 17 or 18 years old had passed their tests and then drove aimlessly to gain experience on the roads around the regional towns only to abandon their cars as they themselves started undergraduate courses at universities in other towns and other cities across the country running a car and having the money to fund the fuel bill insurance road tax and other associated costs was an expense that many didn t have and didn t need at that time in their lives i too had started to learn to drive at that age but i soon gave it up frustrated at the confusing methods used by the teacher and wary of the upcoming femoral fixation surgeries that i faced at that time to limit what appeared to be regular interruptions of forced stillness in my life i was happy to ignore the need to drive for another decade or so not needing to do it for my undergraduate and postgraduate university courses and happy to use the trains and other methods of public transport for work and pleasure indeed i came to love the numerous hours spent commuting to volunteer placements work and journeys to see friends and old companions it was time to relax to speak to other passengers to sit and to read or simply to sit and to stare at the countyside unfolding before me as every driver informs every non driver the convenience of the car is the epitome of freedom over the strict timetable of public transport as an ardent user and lover of the train the misery of the delay is trumped by the friends made in the carriage and by the regulars who recognize you in turn i remained somewhat skeptical of this claim what i had not counted on however was how it actually felt to have that freedom when i drove myself both for my own pleasure and as a matter of commuting to and from my workplace there have been times when i am driving down an empty flyover at 1am with the twinkle of the industrial north to my right and the disappearance of the work office behind me and as the song i m listening to reaches its crescendo i feel somewhat at peace with the world around me this is of course the thrill of riding an empty road listening to your favorite music and soaking in every last note sounded and vocal moaned but driving with a crowd is different but it is different for me in particular to drive to think the car for me and the act of driving the car means that i can merge in with the public body at large in a seemingly innocuous manner when i walk i use crutches for short distances and for longer distances i need and use a manual wheelchair as such it is an obvious difference that is noticed immediately on sight 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 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