It's finally happened...I've become one of the people I used to hate when I worked in uniform. You know the ones...those that disregard all the warnings on the radio to "stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary". But hey, picking up my treadmill today was "absolutely necessary"! No, really, it was. The sooner I get started running on it, the sooner I'll see those numbers on the scale start to get smaller. The truth of the matter is that the weather just didn't look that bad when we set out from home. We started to clue in when we saw the first wreckage on the side of the road, followed closely (about 100m) by the second, then the third, fourth, fifth and sixth all within 2 km...and if you count the jack knifed tractor trailer that was just beyond our turnoff, then it was seven accidents all together. I've never seen anything like it before. The good news is that the treadmill is assembled and operating...I've got no excuse now...ooooh, maybe I should have waited for the snow to clear up...
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY: Drivers in the Maritimes are much less crazy than in other places we've lived (read Ontario!). Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying they're perfect...not by a long shot...but, they seem to be a bit more self-effacing. For instance, today when we noticed the accidents up ahead on the highway, everyone immediately started moving into the other lane. Every car, in turn, moved over, all very ordered and seamless. Now, had this been the 401, someone would have taken this as an opportunity to "move to the head of the line" and raced past everyone in that empty lane, only to get right on top of the accident and then attempt to force themselves back into the flow of traffic...much further ahead then they would have been before. Cause some people think they have more important places to be than everyone else...but...apparently not people around here!! That's a good thing!!!
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