I won’t go into the many reasons why our driving is on a par with how cattle stampede. In the Miami Springs traffic circle, based on the number of misses, near misses and “Oh my God, did you see what that guy just did” was there ever a doubt about un-attentive drivers? Over the years, some of us have not noticed how to negotiate a traffic circle even with a back seat driver screaming in our ears. Don’t even think about driving in England where they drive on the opposite side of the road and driving through a ‘roundabout’ is normal. For us, a ‘roundabout’ would incite rioting. What are the rules for traffic circles, and do we care? Why does the State of Florida have so many rules we don’t follow?
The earth occupies a ‘sweet spot’ in our solar system which is not too close and not too far from our sun, assuring us that life as we know it will continue. That includes any, and all news that revolves around P Diddy. We, as drivers, will now have to occupy that same type of space as we careen on down the highways and byways of the Sunshine State (Motto: No license, no problem)
I’m sorry to bring this to your attention but a law passed by the Florida legislature makes it illegal to drive slowly in the so called ‘fast’ lane. (Also known as the ‘I’m going as fast as I can but there’s always an idiot who needs to get ahead of me lane’) Baloney! This is just another assault on the typical Multi-tasking driver in South Florida.
Of course we can eat, drive and text at the same time! That’s a given, and now we have to watch our speed as well? Whoa! If you are caught driving 10 mph under the speed limit in the fast lane, you could face a $60 fine under what’s being called the road rage bill. There they go re-defining road rage. We know road rage. We wrote the book!
Going 10 mph under the limit doesn’t constitute road rage! We’ve just inadvertently slowed down a little to take that media noche’ sandwich out of its bag and enjoy a leisurely lunch. The rage occurs when pickles fall out of the damn thing and into our lap. We don’t need to explain what we’re doing when that happens. It doesn’t look good. It’s then that we speed up to make up the time.
Let’s lobby the legislature to provide a lane for those who have too many things to do. Call it the ‘Distracted Driver/Multi-Tasker lane’ and let us work it out.
The lane may get crowded, and we may have issues with the other drivers, but we’ll be secure in the knowledge that at least for a short while we’ll be driving among our own; the many, the proud, the distracted.