Yesterday, a friend of mine called and said, "I've got a free place to crash in Las Vegas, what are you doing?"
And like a crazy person, I jumped on the road.
Crazy because it takes 8 hours to get to Las Vegas from my house (for those of you that are interested, the route from my house is I-280 S, SR85 S, US-101 S, SR152 E, I-5 S, SR58 E, I-15 N).
Crazy because gas is US$2.50+ a gallon.
Crazy because I got asked at 1100 and I was doing laundry and didn't leave until 1500.
Well, the 20 or so hours I spent in Vegas was neat. It's like an adult Disneyland with strippers, hookers, booze and gambling. And you can smoke cigars inside too!
What was absolutely nuts were the other drivers on the road on Thursday. The dual concepts of road courtesy and lane discipline are foreign to most drivers out there. Urban Assault Vehicles (AKA SUVs) driven quickly give the impression to other drivers of a 3 ton truck out of control. Did I mention the video screens?
I saw a lot of cars with video screens being used. Either laptops or portable DVD players. The drivers as well of the passengers were watching...or at least it seemed like it. Their cars were driving with the inattentiveness normally reserved for bad drivers who insist on talking on the phone while their road speed drops or increases, depending on the tempo of the conversation.
I saw three flipped cars in the past 24 hours, one on a Las Vegas street.
It's dangerous out there...
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