Traffic

Traversing the California highways at 5am tend to lead to low traffic levels and a relaxing drive to an end location. However, when one forgets their cell phone and only realizes this after their workout, they are faced with a decision. It is now 7:30 am where traffic levels tend to pick up considerably. Does one go home to pick up said phone, or struggle through the day without the friend and confidant of a cell phone. Well knowing that my strongest relationship in life tends to be with my cell phone, you can imagine which one I chose.

So driving home I was faced with bumper to bumper traffic and a whole series of individuals late for their meetings and too lazy to actually wake up a little earlier. Tempers raise and horns blast as cars struggle through the heat and haze of the modern era. We all look enviously at the carpool lane, cursing politicians who feel that an empty lane for them (with their aids) alone was a good idea. How much different would traffic be if we could make use of that lane?

Wading through this tide, a 12 minute relaxing trip turns into a 45 minute white knuckle nail biting adventure. With little Asian women in massive SUVs, wearing their leather racing gloves (I kid you not on this) with face shields (because this is so much more fashionable than sun glasses) and talking on a cell phone, barreling into lane after lane without signaling or looking. Oh how I wish I was a police officer and could hand out tickets to these horrible and inconsiderate drivers. If you are going to cut me off, please do so with your turn signal.

Lesson learned from this experience. First a ton of these drivers really should not have a license and should be sent back to driver’s school. Second, continue to drive to work at 5am.