I drive 40 miles one way to the office everyday. Granted I could shave about 3 miles from that and take side roads, but the traffic lights make that trip worse. This morning, my normal 45 minute to 1 hour trip was 2 hours long. It gave me time to look at the folks around me and it was startling.

There was the guy in the Nissan, reading the Dallas Morning news on his steering wheel. Not a folded section, but an open 2 page full spread. We were moving, but at about 3 miles an hour. There was the woman putting on mascara in the green Mitsubishi. There was the fellow shaving in his rearview window, and almost took out the car in front of him. Hundreds of folks talking on cell phones, text messaging, and one guy on his LAPTOP.

Driving a car is probably the most dangerous thing a person can do, short of bungee jumping with a slinky. Adding all of the extra morning things to the mix almost insures a wreck. What I don't understand is how police officers are more concerned with seatbelts, registration stickers, and things of that nature. I am sure this would all give me road rage, but I am too cautious to take my hands off the wheel and load the gun. Get the hell away from me, and let me continue to sit here, safely thank you very much