In my little world there is no such thing as wasted time on the roads because I play audio CDs of language lessons. I learn Spanish while I drive. My car is literally a classroom on wheels and I have learnt most my Spanish from my car.
I imagined the other day what a steering wheel would look like if I designed it. Well, I can tell you it would look awesome. The middle part of the steering wheel wouldn't rotate at all and it would house all the instruments, speedometer, rev speed, warning lights along side the air bag. The outside rim of the steering wheel would rotate freely and it would have rubber grooves on it. If I could I would even put cruise control buttons on it so you can press a speed and take your foot off the accelerator pedal. It would have several speeds in increments of 10mph or 10kph.
Nice little thought to have.