Tuesday, December 20, 2005


I just got finished mailing my driving record and completion of a safety driving certificate. This is an annoying process. One is forced to watch 6 hours of stuff and answer the silliest questions. All becaue ,the aformentioned "One", broke some vehicle law requiring you to travel at a certain speed in a certain area.

My infringement was daring to move at a mind-blowing speed of 41...you can close your mouth now...in a 30 MPH zone. Let me defend myself please. The speed limit was 45 during my entire trip on my chosen route. Then as the road bent to the right and went downhill, it unashamedly dropped to 30. And the sign to show said limit was placed after the bend and down the ramp, causing a normal, American-loving, tax-paying, safe-driving citizen(like myself) to enter the bend over the limit. And such is my luck a troop of law-enforcment gentlemen were enjoying a beautiful evening on a curb strategically placed behind a contruction vehicle. As my vehicle,which was travelling under the posted limit during most of my trip, came around the bend one of these gentlemen found my speed to be excessive. And so I was given a one-of-a-kind, autographed slip of paper just for me.

I let you in on my situation to ask you...can you drive 30? I mean doesn't 30 feel like backing out of a driveway? The feeling of travelling 30 is like the time you jumped off the swing on the playground in 4th grade trying to go further than Bryce who happened to break the 13 foot record, untouched for 2 years.

Just wondering...how fast do you typically drive?