My wife ran a red light!
First off, I want to say how glad I am that she was the first of us to get a red light camera ticket. I’ve thought I had it coming a few times since they installed the obnoxious cameras, but so far I’ve remained unscathed.
I had a look at the video last night after we got the notice in the mail (addressed to me, because I own the car). She very much did run the light, and we will be sending in the $50. No question. I was just glad it was obviously not me behind the wheel.
But here’s the thing: in the video, you can see that absolutely no one was at risk. No one. I do know sometimes that’s not true, but I just hate this wide net approach.
Gas prices are getting crazy. Food prices are going up. People are losing their jobs yet paying more for basics. And on top of that, if you are a second late going through some meaningless light, you’re down fifty big ones.
We stopped to get gas a few days ago for the mini van. It cost seventy bucks. Yuck. Add fifty to that for being a second late going through a light.
It’s getting expensive to live in this town.
Razor blades can flatten tires?
I got caught up in this traffic mess this morning, although I was lucky to lose time and not tire pressure. I wouldn’t've guessed that razor blades were causing the flat tires. How does a razor blad put a hole in a tire? Wouldn’t it lie flat and just get run over?
SEVIERVILLE (AP) — Authorities closed the southbound lanes of the major tourist route into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a time Monday after a box of razor blades was scattered across it.
Sevierville spokesman Bob Stahlke said the incident occurred about 7:30 a.m. Eastern time and nearly a dozen drivers had tires go flat after driving over the spilled blades on Highway 66.
No one was reported hurt in the incident.
Stahlke said it appeared a box or bucket of the blades fell from a vehicle.
You’d think NPR would bore her to sleep
For some reason – cuteness, perhaps – the Bug sleeps really well in the car … when music is playing. I have to maintain a good selection of cds in the car so I won’t go insane. But I can’t listen to NPR – she simply won’t sleep. The last thing I need is a thirty minute commute with a fussy baby.
Doesn’t it seem like she’d sleep well to NPR? Shouldn’t she find it boring? Shouldn’t my turning it on directly lead to her nodding off? All I know is it doesn’t. She will only very rarely sleep to anything but music, and woe unto me if I give something else a try.
Oh, and she sleeps the worst when her mother is talking. Katie simply cannot talk in the car. Of course that’s not a problem for my daily commute.
I guess it could be worse. At least she doesn’t sleep best to absolute silence.
Dear Knoxville drivers:
I know you think you can drive while talking on the phone, but you’re very, very wrong. I know you’ve seen other drivers swerving about and driving slowly in the left lane, and you think you don’t do that when you drive. You’re wrong. Very wrong. That phone is making you a terrible driver, and everyone is mad at you, especially that guy you never noticed almost hitting. Please just hang up and drive.
Jon
PS driving slowly in the right lane doesn’t really help, either, because it still slows other drivers and you’re still swerving. Just hang up or put it in park!
