People, and Holiday Traffic

So, I realized today that it seems people forget how to drive to work after a break of more than 2 days. That's probably why we don't get much time off from work!

The way I usually go to work takes me on a 8 lane road full of stoplights and Michigan lefts, and then gets me on a limited access highway for about 2 miles, before it becomes a 6 lane road, full of stoplights and Michigan lefts....yeah, sort of sucks! But it seems like on average there will be maybe 1-2 accidents on the way a month, strangely not usually at the stoplit sections, but on the highway itself. And where I get on is the only place that merges into it before the stoplights begin, go figure. Anyway, I've noticed the last few holidays, (Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas break) that there were always accidents the day most people started working again. Today, I passed 2, and possibly a 3rd fender bender. It really isn't that hard people...Wake Up when you're driving someplace, or don't crowd the fugging car in front of you. Even a monkey can learn that.

Note, This also happens with the first snow fall of the year, and I'm sure it will happen again, since we haven't had any real snow/slippery roads for almost 3 weeks now.

Next, I didn't realize how bad holiday traffic had gotten on my way home from work (usually the opposite of how I get there). I guess it just progressivly got worse and worse as Christmas got closer. But to day, I was the second car at the stoplight when I exited the freeway. At Christmas time, I was sometimes lucky to make it through the stoplight to exit the freeway, and never made it past the third light with out waiting at least 2 cycles, and usually the third. Tonight I made it home in 15 minutes again, which is about 15 less than the day before Christmas.