At this time of year, there are many things that can be a distraction to the average person. Christmas or Hanukkah lists of things to buy. Cards to write and mail to family & friends. Baking to be done. Decorating to still be done. Driving through neighborhoods to look at Christmas decorations. And now in this new milennium, we have a new distraction as we are driving around looking at our neighbor's houses - CELL PHONES. People are either talking on them or texting. You can tell which one they are doing by the position of their head. If their head is tilted slightly to the right or left, they are talking. If their head is tilted forward and in a downward position, they are texting. Either way, they are distracted and not driving particularly well. Either they are crawling along at a snail's pace or they are drifting from one lane to another or they are speeding down the road and coming within inches of your bumper. It seems to this blogger that this need to communicate while driving has gotten worse, as 4 out of 5 cars I passed the other day, had a driver doing one of the above mentioned tasks. Why is it that we can drive in a vehicle with a live person sitting right next to us and not talk for an hour, but we cannot go for a minute without either talking or texting on our cell phones!!!????
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