We experienced another case of this startling
“new attitude” on our way down to Sonora for a Doctor’s appointment – this time
a driver used two turn lanes to pass us on the right, in an intersection where
the light had just turned green. What
if someone had been ready to turn onto the highway – right turns are legal even
on a red light in California if there is no traffic! But this fool was doing 65 to get around us in a 40 mph zone!!
Then there was the U turner who couldn’t
wait, zipped out of traffic to go back the direction he had just come from –
must have forgotten something really important as there was a long line of
vehicles in BOTH DIRECTIONS that he managed to avoid hitting. They were driving defensively and braked to
allow his idiocy to result in NO CRASH.
The snow players here in Strawberry
routinely walk four abreast across the bridge to get to the hill of snow / ice
covering ROCK. Maybe they have a “death
wish” – but I remember sliding down “our favorite hill” when I was a kid! It had a monster evergreen tree that took
three fathers to guard, diverting the sleds to miss a collision with the
tree. My dad would have banged up shins
for weeks after – those old metal runner sleds had no cushions on the front
that was for sure! Consumer Safety had
not been invented yet! And no one would
have THOUGHT to sue the landowner for “allowing a dangerous situation” on their
property. Different time; different
attitudes!
