Sunday, December 7, 2008

Winter Driving

There’s not really any other view on winter driving in Iowa than that it sucks, it flat out sucks. There’s nothing easy about it, the slipping and sliding and clenching of the steering wheel and stress of hitting the car who abruptly stopped in front of you.
I’ve already nearly escaped a collision once this year. I’d like to keep my record squeaky clean of any accidents or even any instances of getting pulled over, but winter makes it extremely difficult to achieve. My first instinct when I’m about to hit the car in front of me, is to yell at them to go or move or something! I don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is both a reasonable thing to do and a humorous conclusion for me to think of. It’s an instinct, what can you do.
Winter driving is the worst when you’re running late for anything. You have to weigh the danger of veering off the road or colliding with another car with the dangers of being late to work or tardy for school. Both options don’t seem too appetizing, just another reason why winter driving is no fun.

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