Close to Home by John McPherson for December 17, 2010

100 points, coming up.

Don’t be fooled by the lack of ground contact – all cartoon cars do that !

GPS by Nascar: “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.” “In one mile, turn left.”

In Maryland, they all drive like they’re NASCAR drivers: no signals, zipping in and out of lanes, cutting each other off, all vying for the inside lane, tailgating–it’s nuts!

I’ve seen people drive like NASCAR drivers in parking lots here in PA, too. If I almost get run over, I usually yell something like “This is a parking lot, not Daytona Speedway!”.

Booking on tape.

Yesterday was a fun day in Maryland, Delaware, and PA. It snowed about an inch, so people lost their minds. My drive up to Philly from Andrews AFB is 140 miles. I take Route 301 since it’s “the road less traveled”. From Andrews to the Bay Bridge, it took me a little over an hour, with most of the slow traffic being around Annapolis. From there it took a little over an hour to get to the Wilmington, DE area (on I-495, so not in Wilmington), then the last 15 miles took over two hours. The traffic reporters said there were over 50 accidents in the Philly/Wilmington corridor. Folks thought they could still drive 70-75 mph on untreated icy roads.

battycomic - shouldn’t that be “Pocono Speedway”? Daytona is a restrictor plate race.