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February 13, 2005
Traffic Bad, XM Good
It turns out an implicit satellite radio endorsement may be the only good thing to come out of a front page article of the Sunday Washington Post, that tells us the area commute is one of the worst in the nation.
You'd know that if you live here, but the statistics are frightening: 23% of commuters spend more than an hour on the road getting to and from work, while another 25% spend between 30 and 59 minutes making the round trip.
The main article, plus a side piece are litanies of misery. But there is one small piece of good news, found in the last two grafs of the A1 story: one commuter is saving his sanity and his blood pressure with the help of XM radio!
Here are the money grafs:
"John Miller, the federal intelligence agency recruiter who travels between Springfield and Reston each day, found his blood pressure rising every time he traveled on the Fairfax County Parkway. Then his wife gave him satellite radio. So he listens to sports shows on his daily commute and cheerfully ignores the speeders, lane-cutters and road-ragers.
'Now it's their problem,' Miller said with a laugh. 'I turn on XM radio, listen to my shows and pay no attention to what that guy in front of me is doing.'"
Posted by Frank at February 13, 2005 3:31 PM | Filed under Car Audio
Well, that last paragraph, while it's nice to see people tuning into XM, is a bit scary. I mean, while I'm sure he still pays attention while driving, a comment like that could easily be taken the wrong way.
But having had XM for over 3 years now, I gotta say that it's great at home, definitely helps sooth nerves in the car, and if you're lucky enough (mainly in the DC suburbs, as receiving it indoors within DC proper should be relatively easy), it can do the same at work.
Posted by: Michael Virgilio
at February 20, 2005 8:54 AM
Hey Mike, thanks for the comment. Sure, it could be taken wrong, but I like to think it got this guy off the road rage precipice!
Posted by: Frank Giovinazzzi
at February 20, 2005 9:25 AM