Re-writing The Drivers Manual
Driving has become a sport I discovered while maneuvering from country roads to city highways and back again. Because of that discovery, I think each state should re-write its drivers manual.
There are several people I talk with on a daily basis who live in various parts of the country who agree that driving during rush hour traffic qualifies them for the Indianapolis 500. All states seem to have the same problem, as 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. traffic becomes one of the most frustrating things imaginable, other than running out of toilet paper.
Full time residents of Florida complain about the snowbirdsthe northern folks who spend summers north of the Mason-Dixon Line and then go to the warm, sunny south during the winter months. The snowbirds (SBsnot to be confused with S.O.B.s) make driving during rush hour traffic, in southern Florida, along I-95 seem as though youre in a parking lot rather than on a major expressway.
As traffic slows to a crawl, it has been noted that full time resident drivers need to keep their eyes on women with blue hair, and men with caps on their heads. It seems that the blue hairs and the caps are almost always 75 years plus and either have a lead foot as they try forging ahead through stalled traffic or they are the reason for the stalled traffic. In either case, the frustrated Florida resident (Fr) who is on a time schedule due to a full time job commitment, becomes a raving maniac as the retired SBs dawdle along with no concept of time. Then there are a few SBs who are in a hurry to get to the head of the line, managing to scrape the side of the Frs brand new white Corvette, at which point the SBs become S.O.B.s.
In the summer, the SBs are back. They flock north around April or May, which is about the time I notice a huge influx of traffic on our major highways. Living in upstate New York, I maneuver from country to city and back again with Mario Andretti finesse.
Driving into the city takes me across a complicated highway network called The Can of Worms. Believe me when I tell you it is appropriately named. It is a four-lane highway that expands into nine lanes and converges back into four lanes, with cars trying to cross over from the far right lane into the far left and vice versa. If I am in the middle three lanes, I floor it and say my prayers.
By the time I get back to the country with its two lane roads I am relieved that there are only a couple of cars on the road along with the familiar green and yellow color of a John Deere tractor driven by our local dairy farmer. He greets me with a very nice five-finger wave of the hand rather than the one-finger wave I just got from a harried commuter during rush hour traffic.
Interstate 95 in Florida and The Can of Worms in Rochester, New York has inspired me to come up with one very important addendum to each states drivers manual: No one over the age of 75 allowed on highways between the hours of 6 a.m. 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. It would cut down on fender benders, and most importantly, would protect the hard working residents of both states from becoming psychotic with rage.
If the addendum goes through, there wont be nearly as many quick starts and abrupt stops during rush hour traffic. And we wont have to worry about running out of toilet paper.
Copyright 2005 by Pamela Beers. All rights reserved.
Pamela Beers is a freelance writer who has traveled many of the highways of New York State and Florida. She adds a humorus twist to rush hour traffic problems.
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