Here is the vehicle I drove the first three months after I arrived in California. I did not drive AT ALL in Tokyo or Japan and I got used to putting on my earphones, selecting a piece of music, putting on my shoes in the 玄関 and striding out of my building to get on my bike or walk to the subway station. Once on my bike, I could stop anytime I wanted and look at something interesting. Or read a book and zone-out (space-out) to whatever music I was listening to. The truck was relatively easy to drive as long as I didn't make any trips to LA.