Driving

For some reason, the number of car accidents on the 680 corridor between Crow Canyon and Stone Valley seems to have increased exponentially in the past few weeks. I witnessed a collision 2 weeks ago, and have seen at least 5 more after-the-fact in the intervening days. I have a few ideas about why this is occurring:

1. We're back on standard time. The population is so utterly confused about what time it is that they forget to have their morning Starbucks (because it's LIGHT ALREADY), and then they drift off....into the car next to them, or in front of them. You get the general idea.

2. It's been raining off and on. At night, the glare off freshly rained-on pavement can be overwhelming, so drivers are just shutting their eyes while they drive. No shoes, no vision, no problem.

3. They forget to get the optional turn signal package installed on their vehicle. You know, the one where all you have to do is flick your hand slightly to let other drivers know you want to change lanes or make a turn? Some people apparently didn't get that option on their car, and they simply swerve in and out of the lanes expecting the rest of us to be prescient.

All of this has led me to a great distrust of my fellow commuters, a trust which is going to be really hard to earn back.