don't drink and text... or something like that...

so, i will admit... i've sent text messages while driving. i know the idea of focusing on a few tiny buttons on a cell phone while driving down the freeway at 80 miles an hour sounds completely insane, but... i've done it. nonetheless, i think it's idiotic.

i was driving up i-15 in utah towards my in-laws last night, and noticed a car in front of me swerving in and out of the left-hand lane. in recent years, i've become a pretty paranoid driver -- not sure why exactly, but burton would be the first to tell you that i'm a FREAKY passenger to have in the car sometimes -- and so seeing cars swerving on the road makes me a little nervous. i'm never really sure what to do: pass them? stay behind them? call 9-1-1 (which they so kindly charge you a few dollars to do, fyi)? usually, i try to pass them from as far away as possible. so as i approached the car, i fully expected to see some strung out crazy man with a beer in one hand and the steering wheel loosely gripped with the other... however, what i actually saw was a 20-something year old female with her cell phone in one hand intently focused on her text messages and the other miserably failing to steer her death-trap down the freeway. HELLO PEOPLE?! this woman was LITERALLY swerving... almost hit the car right behind me who was also carefully trying to pass her. eventually she swerved over into the carpool lane (single occupancy vehicles in the carpool lane is a whole nother discussion that i could go off on) and she stayed there for as long as i could see her in my rear-view mirror.

so, that’s it… just venting about silly drivers… morale of the story is: if you’re going to text message while driving, at least do it well so no one knows. ;)