Misc. Ramblings

Two weekends ago the city did some road work near our house. The work, which consisted of paving the an intersection about block away, required the temporary closing of the road. So, the workmen setup a five foot high by five foot wide sign saying, "Road Closed." You would think this would be enough for cluefull people to know that, you know, the road was closed and you should take an alternate route.

But no, at least 20 or 30 drivers, over a period of about three hours, drove around the sign. Of course, having driven around the barrier they found the road closed and impassable. But if that wasn't enough, one person, driving a Range Rover complained so loudly about not being able to drive on the road that I could hear her from about 75 feet away.

Clearly, these people have no business driving a two-ton projectile known as a motor vehicle. These kinds of people make me think that we need better licensing procedures. Presently, once you pass the drivers exam, you never again need to prove you know how to drive safely. Maybe making it tougher to keep a driver's license isn't the best solution but I don't know of any better way to keep these people off the road. If not for our safety, then for their's.

Aloha!