We love Northern California don't we? The sunshine, the beautiful scenery, the ocean, the mountains... we tend to be spoiled. We are spoiled civilians. We don't have to worry about shoveling our driveways after a snow or invest in chains just to drive to work everyday. Which explains how many of Californians do not know how to drive in adverse weather conditions. Take for example yesterdays freeway debacle and the countless tiny fender benders. Face it... people do NOT know how to drive safely and defensively in the rain. Either people drive WAY to cautiously and cause back up and slow downs or they drive like bats out of hell and undoubtedly are the cause of ridiculous accidents. In fact, on my way home last night I passed 2, count them...2, rear end accidents on the side of the road. Obviously someone was following too close and was not paying attention. Maybe the fast action of his or her (probably HIS!) windshield wipers prevented him from making a conscious decision to abstain from investigating someones tiny bumper sticker. Either way someone's insurance is going to raise and those same people will be angry when they call me to explain how such a thing should happen to them. "Why should my insurance double because I hit someones fender?" Well, the answer is clear: "You should have thought about that before tailgating Dum Dum!" Are people just so important and busy they cannot afford to slow down and take time out for safety? Apparently not. Here is an example of a normal rainy day situation:
drop...drop....sprinkle...sprinkle...CRASH!
Someone gets rear ended or worse. All it takes is a few precious drops of water that we so desperatly needed this year and suddenly everyone needs to go into what I refer to as "Idiot Mode". My friend Autum called yesterday and gave me this precious gem: "It is a good thing California does not get much snow otherwise there would be a lot less people" I found that statement to be quite true.
It is just condensation. It falls from the sky in liquid form. Yet it manages to turn Californians into complete panic mode.
It baffles me. Even so, I wish you all good luck and happy and safe driving. Especially the commuters.
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