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This is just a comment about a news story I heard last night. I swear I don't know where these people come from. There was a story last night about how there are a bunch of people driving in the HOV lanes (diamond/ car-pool lanes) as single occupants. Seems there have been a lot of complaints from the other drivers on the road abiding by the law. The story was about Highway 75 in particular. They have stepped up patrols and are enforcing the law more now. Then they showed a guy getting stopped for the offence. Not only did he play stupid to the officer but when he was asked why he was in the HOV lane, he responded. "I wasn't paying attention. I was studying for a test." Then proceeded to show the officer his study papers. Officers response was something like Why are you reading while your driving? I hope he got an extra fine for his dumb ass excuse! I bet the whole time he was taking his test he was thinking about the fact he got caught in the HOV lanes and gave the officer a lame excuse. Therefore doing poorly on his exam. I also hope he saw and heard himself on TV being an idiot.

A Question...

Let me just set the scene a little bit first.
It's about 5:30 pm. Rush hour. It's raining. I'm on a fairly busy road and driving in the left hand lane of a 4 lane road. (That's 2 lanes going on each direction for those who may not know) Now since this is a busy road; it is normal for traffic to slow down, stop and move at the speed limit at any time.

So here is my question. If I were to accidentally hit someone, a pedestrian, "jay-walking", who would be at fault? This almost happend to me today on my drive home. The Only reason I did not hit him is because I was able to swerve into the other side of traffic to avoid him. Fortunately for us both there were not any cars coming at that particular time. There is absolutely no way I could have stopped in time. I would not have killed him or anything because I was only going about 20 or 25 mph and the posted speed is 30. He walked in front of an SUV which I could not see around and then directly into my path without even looking. My opinion is it wouldn't be my fault. A) He was "jay-walking" and B) I couldn't see him til he was directly in front of me. Therefor I say he was an Idiot!

Man -VS- Pavement...

That was me last night. As the story goes, I challenged my neighbor to a foot race down the street. We set off on our race and I was winning (to the surprise of everyone) Then the pavement said "Hey lets get to know each other a little better". Things didn't go so well for me in this little meeting. My big toe on my right foot is missing quite a large bit of flesh. My left knee and shoulder are mainly scraped up. I apparently got a little bonk on the head. (explains the headache) And lastly, my left hand (main point of impact) is swollen and badly bruised. I just got back from the Care Now place where they are most helpful. So I know nothing is broken. It just hurts like hell. So yeah, this was the stupid thing I did on the forth. And yes, there was drinking involved. A word to the wise, When challenging a friend to a race. Do in the daylight and sober. Things will likely work out better for everyone that way. The score as of now: Man- 0 Pavement- 1

As for the conclusion of the race. I predict being the winner in the rematch. Maybe we'll have our rematch on the grass instead of the pavement.

Hope you had a good laugh at my stupid moment. I too kinda laugh about it now but it still hurts. I just took my pain killer drugs and now I'm off for nap time. Be careful out there. Being on the "gimp" list sucks.