Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Nov 05 2007
Knee-jerk lane changers and white line straddlers
(I think I made up that last word in the title, but it fits.) We saw several distracted drivers over the weekend and several others who were just plain selfish. I kept wishing I had brought along the video camera to record their behavior. But not everyone who was doing bad things with cars was actually driving. When we popped out for a Taco Bell run yesterday evening we passed a rather downtrodden-looking neighborhood and saw 3 or 4 young men out in the dark, charging their car battery&emdash;with an electric cord they had stretched from a house across the road. Are these people longing to exit this life with a Darwin award?
Then my friend sent me a link to this great video I had seen once before, but which underscored the type of ignorance and rudeness on the part of drivers we saw throughout the weekend. You've probably seen the video, but go have another look. Was it staged? I really don't know. But if you find yourself watching the older lady with vicarious satisfaction, you'll be joining a cast of (at least) thousands.
posted at: 08:34 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
(I think I made up that last word in the title, but it fits.) We saw several distracted drivers over the weekend and several others who were just plain selfish. I kept wishing I had brought along the video camera to record their behavior. But not everyone who was doing bad things with cars was actually driving. When we popped out for a Taco Bell run yesterday evening we passed a rather downtrodden-looking neighborhood and saw 3 or 4 young men out in the dark, charging their car battery&emdash;with an electric cord they had stretched from a house across the road. Are these people longing to exit this life with a Darwin award?
Then my friend sent me a link to this great video I had seen once before, but which underscored the type of ignorance and rudeness on the part of drivers we saw throughout the weekend. You've probably seen the video, but go have another look. Was it staged? I really don't know. But if you find yourself watching the older lady with vicarious satisfaction, you'll be joining a cast of (at least) thousands.
posted at: 08:34 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
