Duck! It's Summer Again!

Here it is, early July, and I've decided that my watch phrase for this, the Summer of 2005 is: "Too many morons, and not enough roads!" It's just as well that I no longer drive for a living, for our nations highways and byways are getting more crowded by the year. Seeing what I've been seeing during what driving I still do, makes me certain that I would be suffering from more than just a few ulcers by now, and road rage would be part of my daily routine. From my observations, whilst driving here and there, and to and fro, hither and yon, and so forth (and back),I have concluded that stupidity runs rampant amongst the drivers of today. I've considered that one requisite for having a drivers license should be a minimum IQ level. However, upon further ponderings along that line, I decided that IQ really doesn't enter into the picture.

In addition to, and quite likely the cause of, stupidity, is a definite lack of common sense. In fact, as I see it, there is nothing "common" about common sense. It now qualifies as an oxymoron because,"sense", particularly as related to the average driver it seems, is decidedly "uncommon". Perhaps the powers that be, as related to regulating of driving licensing, should devise some sort of test to determine whether or not one has that ever so rare commodity; the truly uncommon sense of common sense. The only down side I can foresee to providing drivers licenses to the select few who exhibit this almost phenomenal condition, is that public transportation would be overloaded to the point of critical mass.

So here I sit, letting my fingers do the majority of my traveling via the internet. Though not without it's pitfalls and potential cruising hazards such as viral speed bumps, and the risk of colliding with identity thieves; I still feel safer than entering the local highway, (look out, Dave!) which is already in progress!