Girl one was driving in the rain and hydroplaned, scary, everything would have been fine except the spot where her car stopped was a hunk of cement that tried to rip her entire undercarriage to shreds. With school about to start and her hours being a bit low at both of her jobs, a wedding to plan and the like she cut her losses and settled for an older but nice used car to replace it and went on her merry way.
Girl two hit a tree, because she was driving too fast around a bend, misjudging the whole speed/curve thing because she was inebriated. She passed all of the sobriety tests but she blew a .1, above the legal limit in Virginia since, well, a while. How she didn't get a DUI, I don't know. But the bragging about this fact is kind of sickening. Is it cruel that I hope that when she goes to court for her reckless charges she gets it good?
Then today while stopped at a stoplight I noticed I a police car behind me, what really caught my eye was that the police officer was using his computer. If texting is illegal shouldn't Googling be as well?
It is said that drowsy driving and distracted driving are as dangerous as drunk driving so my real question is why did, when the light turned green, the officer keep his eyes glued to his screen, especially when the station was a mere half mile past the light? Could it have been that urgent? Was he running my plates for kicks and giggles? Maybe. But what if the roles were reversed?
I've been pulled over for driving too slow, I was changing a CD and trying not to get caught out after curfew, it was indeed two in the morning. I was questioned about drinking and eyed suspiciously before being sent on my way with a warning, he pulled me over outside of then town limits. That was embarrassing enough to keep me worried about actually drinking and driving, not driving drunk, having a drink and a few hours later driving home...what if I speed, what if?
Texting is freighting no-no, one that I'm guilty of. Distracted and dangerous, a friend nearly scared me straight while driving down Interstate-81. Swerving, swearing and speed nearly did the trick. But I'm not stupid, I know that despite my ability to blind text, I could indeed kill myself or others. I'm slowly being cured by the habit, that police officer on the computer sure did help that cause.
Lest we forget, cars are death traps. We get complaisant, comfortable driving our 1000 miles a week. Keep me alive a kicking. Don't drink and drive and I won't. Don't text and drive and I won't.
Then today while stopped at a stoplight I noticed I a police car behind me, what really caught my eye was that the police officer was using his computer. If texting is illegal shouldn't Googling be as well?
It is said that drowsy driving and distracted driving are as dangerous as drunk driving so my real question is why did, when the light turned green, the officer keep his eyes glued to his screen, especially when the station was a mere half mile past the light? Could it have been that urgent? Was he running my plates for kicks and giggles? Maybe. But what if the roles were reversed?
I've been pulled over for driving too slow, I was changing a CD and trying not to get caught out after curfew, it was indeed two in the morning. I was questioned about drinking and eyed suspiciously before being sent on my way with a warning, he pulled me over outside of then town limits. That was embarrassing enough to keep me worried about actually drinking and driving, not driving drunk, having a drink and a few hours later driving home...what if I speed, what if?
Texting is freighting no-no, one that I'm guilty of. Distracted and dangerous, a friend nearly scared me straight while driving down Interstate-81. Swerving, swearing and speed nearly did the trick. But I'm not stupid, I know that despite my ability to blind text, I could indeed kill myself or others. I'm slowly being cured by the habit, that police officer on the computer sure did help that cause.
Lest we forget, cars are death traps. We get complaisant, comfortable driving our 1000 miles a week. Keep me alive a kicking. Don't drink and drive and I won't. Don't text and drive and I won't.
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