Apparently, I got promoted today to "Senior Member" status (which I was demoted from a few months ago.)
In recognition of that stupendous achievement on my part, I decided to change my avatar.
The inspiration for my choice came today while I was driving on a non-divided highway with two lanes southbound, two lanes northbound, and a center turn lane. I was traveling southbound in the right lane and was accelerating from 45 mph to 55 mph in accordance with the posted speed limits. A red pickup was on the right shoulder moving slowly. It began to ease out in front of me, so I moved from the right lane to the left lane (thinking that the truck was trying to merge into the right southbound lane.) But he wasn't; he was trying to do a U turn and get in the center turn lane heading north. He was looking for northbound traffic, and never even looked my direction. All I could do was jam on the brakes, which I did, and slid to a stop about 20 feet from his driver side door. I was plenty close to see his phone in his left hand and the "oh, sh*t" look on his face.
In recognition of that stupendous achievement on my part, I decided to change my avatar.
The inspiration for my choice came today while I was driving on a non-divided highway with two lanes southbound, two lanes northbound, and a center turn lane. I was traveling southbound in the right lane and was accelerating from 45 mph to 55 mph in accordance with the posted speed limits. A red pickup was on the right shoulder moving slowly. It began to ease out in front of me, so I moved from the right lane to the left lane (thinking that the truck was trying to merge into the right southbound lane.) But he wasn't; he was trying to do a U turn and get in the center turn lane heading north. He was looking for northbound traffic, and never even looked my direction. All I could do was jam on the brakes, which I did, and slid to a stop about 20 feet from his driver side door. I was plenty close to see his phone in his left hand and the "oh, sh*t" look on his face.