Driving Activities

We see it every day on the local roads, the parkways, and the Interstate Highways....people doing everything BUT driving when they are behind the wheel of their vehicles. I've made some great observations in the past couple of weeks, some funny, some are scary. For instance, last Thursday on Lido Boulevard in Lido Beach, I witnessed a man drinking a beer while he was driving. This was at about 510pm. He is obviously against happy hours in bars. This past Sunday on Park Ave. in Long Beach I saw a man in a beat up Ford Escort weaving all over the lanes. When I got up to him, he was eating a bag of UTZ sour cream and onion potato chips....literally. He must have been to the bottom of the bag where there are only crumbs...he had is head cocked back and he was pouring the crumbs into his mouth while driving. Sometime last week an old lady was brushing her hair in the middle lane of the Sothern State Parkway driving at about 35 MPH in morning rush hour traffic. Then there are the phone people. I can spot a phone person a mile away. It's not the weaving......next time you see a person on the phone, notice that they drive about 1/2 the posted speed limit. Phone talkers also don't believe in turn signals. It may disrupt their very important call. I've seen people eating giant Whoppers from Burger King, shaving with electric razors, putting makeup on, reading the morning paper up against the wheel, looking in the glove compartment, flossing, etc. I'm sure we all have a favorite that we've seen........