today's driving lesson(s)

well, i spose 2 really. yesterday on my way into the office after spending some time in one of our other offices, there was a guy in a BMW in the right lane (the slow lane folks, speed lane is on the left) and he went flying by me (i was going ~70mph) and then he started making some quick (and risky) lane changes just so he could keep going way to fast for traffic and he winds in the left lane (that's the speed lane) only to wing his way back and go diving into an exit (on the right). i hadn't slowed down and you know what? i was ~7 seconds behind him.

i really have to wonder if those 7 seconds are really that valuable. he certainly thought so, but it was a shame that the cops that will sit there during the morning commute weren't there at that time.

and today's lesson is:

don't cut off a dump truck.

on the way home today, traffic was pretty heavy (nothing new) but moving and behind me for a while was a dump truck. i reached a spot where things were a little more open so i sped up a bit (only to slow back down a few moments later) which opened up a bit of a gap between the dump truck and my car. all of a sudden, i hear a truck horn sound and i see a livery car pulling in front of the dump truck. unfortunately, when this guy did his lane shift, he didn't wait an extra moment to give a little more room so he basically cut the truck off.

d'oh!

as it happened, the right lane (the slow lane) cleared and the next thing i saw in my rear view mirror was the dump truck come flying up and then cut the livery car off. ouch. it was close, but funny how the livery car all of a sudden started leaving space between him and the dump truck.

and now for something completely different