Driving... I've done a lot of it. I learned how to drive a farm tractor at age five. My Dad's pick-up was the next wheeled vehicle I mastered. At 15 I owned a car and a Harley-Davidson chopper I built, and a license to drive. Later it would be over the road.
A million plus miles and more, through ice, snow, high winds. I've plowed snow, driven an ambulance, dragged raced an 11-second hot-rod Chevy, a Plymouth Duster, and a Ford Mustang, winning most races. Drove all kinds of tracked vehicles- military Cats, front-end loaders, and last but not least, teams (that's horses- 2000 lbs each, they were Clydesdales.)
Anyhoo, what I'm sayin' is that driving is my second nature and I'm fairly good at it. I don't know what my first nature is.
Last night, with my daughter along, I was on my way to see my airborne bud, a Lakota from Rosebud, South Dakota, a former captain. He had been severely wounded while in Vietnam. He likes a good fight, so he became a defense attorney who works for legal aid. He leads the 173rd Airborne Association and Honor Guard. He knew we were coming.
About six blocks from his house, a girl from Wisconsin would made a left turn in the intersection in front of me. She almost made it- another second would have helped her. With a green light and no one in front of me, traveling at the speed limit of 30 mph, she came from behind a truck, not even looking at me. I said “Oh Shit!” to her passenger, her boyfriend, his eyes bulging.
Whenever a dangerous situation occurs for me, my vision goes into slo-mo (thanks Vietnam). Trying to keep from hitting her I turned right. I would have cleared her if she would have put on her brakes, but no, she was trying to drive under me. She must have thought she was a road racer. She drove right into my path, I hit her car broadside, pushing both doors in. Both of us were now stopped in the intersection. My Daughter jumped out of my car, screaming Assh---- at them. I said “get back in car.” We followed them to a parking lot. A cop came, took my license, came back and said you can leave sir. I hadn't been in an accident in 25 years.
I think I will stay home. It's just more proof to me that people are stupid! Rapture this, fools! I'm disappointed nobody is gone!...
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