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Thursday, July 18, 2002

Drivel:  Of all the drivers I have encountered so far on this trip, the drivers from Canada are the worst.  They speed excessively, which is far faster than I am going (which is also excessive ;->).  They also tailgate like I have never seen.  To make it worse, they are driving beat up hunks of metal that look like they should not even be on the road.  To be fair, the Canadian drivers I have seen have been from Ontario and Quebec. ;->  7:44:43 AM   comments ()

Drivel:  I saw a nasty accident Wednesday evening heading into Cleveland.  Some guy on a motorcycle hit the Jersey barriers and ditched his bike.  He lost a foot and part of his lower leg.  I saw his foot about 50 yards before I saw him.  He was laying on his back with his lower body twisted in an odd direction.  He didn't look conscious.  There were about eight people all around him, yanking at his helmet and poking and prodding him.  Man, did that piss me off.  Don't people take basic first aid these days?  You never move anyone that has been in a moving vehicle accident.  You immobilize them, stop immediate external bleeding, and wait for the professionals.  There was nothing I could have done to help as the police and fire-resecue were showing up as I was passing through the scene.  His bike was about 100 yards down the road.  He must have been flying down the highway.  7:41:05 AM   comments ()

Drivel:  Here is a nice picture of the sunset in Ohio on I-90 Wednesday evening.  7:35:15 AM   comments ()

Drivel:  I noticed a few interesting things driving through New York yesterday.  Every service plaza was jam packed with small vendors.  I am not sure what it was, whether it was for vacationers or just people trying to make some extra money, but it was unusual.  I had not noticed this during any of my other times through New York.  As an example, here is a picture of a fruit stand at the gas pumps.  About an hour outside of Albany, New York, I passed a weigh station where the State Police were pulling every single truck over and inspecting it.  There was a State Police Special Operations Unit at the weigh station and they had two patrol cars ready to give chase should any truck blow by the weigh station.  7:33:57 AM   comments ()

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