Fear

Another reason I don't mind riding the train are all the scary people on the road doing things they shouldn't. I only have a half-mile trip to the nearby park-n-ride, but in that short trip I saw: a person texting, a person eating a breakfast sandwich, and a woman putting Visine in her eyes while driving.

These people don't go away when I am on a train. They are still there, and will occasionally get hit by trains. But this vehicle weighs about 55 tons. I feel far safer against the likes of them while I am in it.

Does this make me, "part of the solution?"