Wow, I've seen it all

[latelatebloomer]

My next door neighbor snaps green beans during his long commute - he has an enormous garden and preserves a lot of food - but he swears to us he only snaps during red lights.

He also drives around with goats in his van sometimes. When he gets out of a store, they're sitting in the front seats looking out the windows. This is when he's driving the females somewhere to be bred.

[sgtiger]

Once I came to a stoplight next to a woman knitting w/her yarn in the passenger seat. When the light turned green, I waited to see if she would put her needles down. She didn't. She drove away still knitting.

Then there's those drivers who take their work on the road. Laptop open and on sitting in the passenger seat, cell phone in one hand, PDA in another all while playing around with their nav.<shudder>

[Trekhawk]

WOW!!
That is some pretty crazy stuff people are doing. Funny but dangerous and crazy.
I have not seen anything that nutty.

[jobob]

Yeah, but you have Killer Millipedes!

[Running Mommy]

not to mention that CA has a law against DWC (driving whil celling) now don't they??
SHEESH!

[Trekhawk]

Yeah, but you have Killer Millipedes!

Stop reminding me. Im trying to forget they are out there. I sure hope the new door seals do the trick. Last time I looked out the back window they were massing again. YUK

[Pax]

It's an interesting side effect of insanely long tedious commutes.

NPR had an excellent story this morning about people choosing to live closer to work/shopping, choosing to live in smaller apts/condos but where they access to life's necessities without (or with minimal) driving. Since we're house hunting right now, that is one of the top things on my list.

[Sprocket's Mom]

One of my dear biking friends who does LOTS of commuting in the Portland, OR area tells me of a time where she pulled up alongside a vehicle at a light and found a guy watching a movie on his visor screen. Yes, he was the driver, and you guessed it, it's not just any ol' movie, it's a PORN!!!

My experience was with another cyclist. I was doing the Reach The Beach for the American Lung Association and lucky me, I got caught behind a beanbrain who was riding along with her ipod plugged into one ear and her cellphone on the other. She was not a stable rider and in fact I overheard her asking someone else "what are the gears for?" (gonna be a long 100 miles babe!). This was of course in a downtown area where dozens of us were jammed up behind her because we didn't want to veer out into traffic. sigh...

[Trek420]

The gover'nator signed a new law, starting in July:

http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/3910/