One life, one road

“In a car you're always in a compartment, and because
you're used to it you don't realize that through that car
window everything you see is just more TV.
You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly
in a frame.  On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely
in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just
watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.”
Robert M. Pirsig,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values.