I've got a few audiobooks of books that I've already read and enjoyed that I've burned as MP3 audiobooks. I keep them in my car to listen to on long drives. Because I've already read the story, I'm not shutting out the world to listen to the plot. Instead I'm listening to story to hear how the inflections and emphasis the reader puts into the story changes the experience of it for me.
I really can't drive and talk on the phone at the same time; I find it very distracting. If my cell phone rings, I just check to see who called me. I tend to use OnStar for calls when driving, the rare times I absolutely have to make a call from the car. Otherwise, I pull over to call or to read driving instructions.
Then again, I'm not the type of person who has a cell phone glued to her ear. That would be a ring of Hell for me.
