This afternoon, I spent several hours at our friend M's house. Two days ago, I found out M had been in a serious car accident. She lost control of her own vehicle and spun out on some ice, and then another driver blew through the accident scene and hit her car while she was outside of it. She was knocked through the air and seriously injured. Her two and a half year old daughter witnessed this entire incident, and is now incredibly traumatized. M is going to be okay, but might have some permanent effects from her injuries. It just got me to thinking about how stupidly people drive. Slow down people! Your life is not so important that you need to drive a million miles an hour everywhere you go. Furthermore, it has been statistically proven that speeding and aggressive driving across an average sized city will get you to your destination only one minute faster than if you drove with care. Is one minute worth somebody's life? M could easily have been killed, or her daughter could have been.
Again, I repeat, SLOW DOWN!
My other pet peeve regarding driving is people on cell phones. Cell phone usage, even if you are using a bluetooth, is extremely distracting while you drive. Knock it off! Whenever Brian and I are driving together, and we notice that some other driver has cut us off, ran a red light, or done something else incredibly careless, we automatically look to see if that person is on their cell phone. Nine times out of ten, they are. And then, my husband inevitably makes a comment like, "Get off your cell phone, you stupid moron," or something even more colorful. He has little patience for that sort of thing.
So, just to sum up, drive carefully this holiday season and at all times, really. You might save a life (or just a lot of damage done to your vehicle).
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