Here we go again.

Before the serious part, a shameless photo blog plug.

Okay, I've mentioned it on more than one occasion, but I have one major pet peeve. Distracted driving. This includes being on the phone, general not paying attention, etc........ Take basic physics to understand why it only takes an insanely small amount of time at a decent rate of speed to really foul things up. It's not worth it. (And yes, I honestly can say I "practice what I preach." I will even take hubby's precious I-phone away from him if he's driving.) We live amongst one lane roads and it's a daily thing to see people wander across the double yellow because they obviously have better things to do then actually pay attention to the road. Studies have shown cell-phone usage in the car to cause reaction times of someone's who had a few too many (and actually car and driver's study, the cell phone was worse). Not to mention just basic driving, At highway speeds, it's going to take you a certain amount of time if you'd need to suddenly come to a stop. Now, I'm not saying to take drunk driving any less serious, but I think attention needs to be paid to distracted driving as well - it's just a bit trickier to handle.

So, why do I bring this up now? The results aren't in, but from witness accounts and such so far, I'm going to bet distracted, improper driving was the cause of a huge mess today. I work right in the area. There are signs posted how you are "nearing construction zone - expect sudden delays" Yes, the traffic can come to a halt in a hurry. That's your responsibility to note speed limits in construction zones and keep an eye on the road. Especially if you're at the wheel of a school bus filled with kids. I'm hypothesizing, but look at the pics. Things can happen way too quickly. It's also partially why we're trying to cut down on driving with the girls as something's just bound to happen.

As I started this blog after the girls were here, I may have not mentioned that Christmas Eve of the pregnancy (23 ish weeks) we were rear-ended approaching a merge onto a highway. Luckily nothing happened (besides getting to sit at L&D for three hours of monitoring) but the guy even said to hubby "oh I didn't see you." Lovely.