Welcome to Florida... Home of the deadliest stretch of Interstate highway in the country. It is definitely not a news flash for me, since I drive it every night, and every night IS an adventure! For instance, last night I was riding along and was being passed by another big rig when I noticed he had his dome light on. RED FLAG, RED FLAG!!! I now have a death grip on the wheel... hands at ten and two... there he goes off into the third lane and I knew it wasn't good so I moved over as far as I could. When he realized he was not in his lane, he jerks the steering wheel to get back in his lane. Eighty thousand pounds of big rig doesn't react like a sports car and the momentum of his actions causes his shiny white freight shaker to cross the line into my lane. He missed me only because I was paying attention. Of course I gave him a one finger salute like I was telling him that he was number one.
Then there are the telephone drivers. Please do not text and drive. No matter how good you think you are at texting it only takes a few seconds for things to go horribly wrong. Line to line they go, faster and faster, and then way too slow. If you must talk on the phone while driving... use a blue tooth device. Please pay attention while you are behind the wheel.
Driving while sleepy is as dangerous as driving after you have had a few too many. Its late at night and the on coming headlights are hypnotizing . You begin to stare down the road. The roar of the tires starts to relax you. Your eyes begin to itch and are getting heavy. You know you are getting sleepy so you turn up your radio, maybe to a rock-n-roll station, and immediately you perk up. It doesn't last and soon your eyes begin to close. You shake your head like killer bees are swarming around your hair. Pull over and take a power nap. Even if it is only for thirty minutes. When you wake up you will be refreshed and will be able to continue on with your journey. DO not fall into the trap of thinking that you need to stop and get a cup of coffee because it will not help. Sure, it will let you get a few miles down the road, but after fifteen minutes or so, you will find that you are staring down the road again.
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