Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A note on driving

Well a few...

I'm a little concerned about the driving skills around here (and I suspect this is the visitors and not the locals)

  • On my journey from Ellensburg to Vantage I saw a tire bouncing down the westbound I90 at a good 60-70 miles per hour. Luckily the median was pretty wide but I was worried for more than a few moments that it might cross over.
  • A lot of the RV drivers seem to be weekend ones. i.e. they forget that
    1. They're towing a big thing that makes them longer
    2. They're towing a big thing that makes them slower

The number of times someone cut across me on a left turn from a stop sign... Even better when they wait, then cut across me.

The other problems were more natural, lumps of wood that came from I know not where. Tumbleweeds assaulting the car and finally dust storms.

One afternoon the dust was so bad that near visibility was severely diminished - mini twisters were forming off the road - and it looked like fog was rising over the lakes.

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