So I have class every Monday-Thursday at 09:30. The college (university for you Canadian people reading this), that I go to has three campuses, and I have classes at two, I live, and fly out of the airport in Eastman, yes, I live on an airport… the main campus is 17 miles from here, so every morning I have to make this commute that can take anywhere from 20-30+ minutes.
Now the speed limit on the highway between the two cities is 55 MPH, fairly standard, I usually set cruise control on 65. The people that live in this area, however, have know idea how to properly handle a car. Not even kidding, there has been maybe 5 or 6 days since I’ve been living down here where I haven’t gotten stuck behind somebody going 35, when the speed limit is 55… nearly EVERYBODY down here drives slow as all hell. It’s like they’re in a perpetual funeral procession for their dying town.
It gets better though, it’s rare that anyone ever looks before they pull out onto the street, just this morning I was going 70, on that same highway, and some redneck in a truck pulled out about 100 ft in front of me and I had to swerve off the road into the grass to avoid hitting him. Asshole. I friend of mine had the same thing happen to him a while back, but wasn’t so lucky, and he totaled his truck. Best part was the woman that pulled out in front of him tried to blame it on him, but there were two cops across the street eating breakfast who saw everything.
I’m starting to think that to get a drivers license down here, the only requirement is that you have a pulse…
