Driving While Distracted

[Fishing Rhino]

Two days ago I saw an elderly lady running her Hover Round (or something like it) facing traffic on a two lane, 45 mph road. She was toting an empty red plastic five gallon gas jug, swapping from one hand to the other, obviously struggling with it. The gas station was about a mile up the road.

Today, I'm returning home from some errands and here comes the little old lady on her Hover Round. She has a small squirming dog on her lap, occupying one hand, a cigarette in her mouth, and a cell phone to her ear with the other hand. Have no idea how she controlled her rig.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I don't no either, but she has some mad skills to be able to drive her "scooter" and do all that. Sounds like the ol girl can multi task like a champ. I'm kind of impressed with this.

[deaknh03]

She was probably drunk on blue nun.

[SirSnookalot]

South Florida is very congested, most roads have a bike lane next to the curb. The bike lanes are used by scooters both by seniors and disabled people, runners and walkers in the middle of the night with no reflective clothing and totally oblivious to what's going on around them. The reason they use the bike lanes instead of the sidewalk are because of the "cracks" every 6' for another slab of concrete.

They aren't the worst at paying little attention to what's going, the bikers are. In Florida, by law, we share the road with them, 2 bikers side by side in their lane and motorists must yield 3' distance from them. That 3' puts a car over the double yellow center line, a traffic violation for a car, but making the situation worse is that always one or two riders, in their Tour de France costume, have to pedal in the middle of the motorists lane. Backing up traffic and when you are finally able to pass them, they give ya a look like you're invading their turf and cars don't belong on the road.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

South Florida is very congested, most roads have a bike lane next to the curb. The bike lanes are used by scooters both by seniors and disabled people, runners and walkers in the middle of the night with no reflective clothing and totally oblivious to what's going on around them. The reason they use the bike lanes instead of the sidewalk are because of the "cracks" every 6' for another slab of concrete.

They aren't the worst at paying little attention to what's going, the bikers are. In Florida, by law, we share the road with them, 2 bikers side by side in their lane and motorists must yield 3' distance from them. That 3' puts a car over the double yellow center line, a traffic violation for a car, but making the situation worse is that always one or two riders, in their Tour de France costume, have to pedal in the middle of the motorists lane. Backing up traffic and when you are finally able to pass them, they give ya a look like you're invading their turf and cars don't belong on the road.

My buddy we called Miami, used to open his door on the tour de France bunch riding down the road. That or act like he didn't see them and run them off the road. My older cousin just ignores them and acts like they're not even there, and sends them hurtling into the ditch.