Now, you combine this tendency with the height of the vehicle and put it on the road at night, you're going to have bright headlights glaring in your rear-view mirror. And there is nothing you can do about it. Oh, sure, you could shoot out those headlights, but that would just make the driver angry. Still, it makes you start to think that maybe the National Rifle Association has a point. I have noticed, too, that the drivers of these things are most likely to be the really important people who don't dare stay out of touch, even while they drive six inches off my rear bumper.
Chances are better than even that they are talking on a cell phone.
It is not a result of being simply old and cranky, but I don't get it. I can't tell you how seldom I've been driving along, wishing there was a phone at my fingertips. Then you've got a couple of tons of motor vehicle hurtling down the road, way too close, and the driver involved in an animated telephone conversation that requires her to hold the phone with one hand while gesturing enthusiastically with the other. It all makes me long for an inaccessible home in the mountains, one that you only can get to by driving over boulders, fallen trees and extreme sport failures. All Rights Reserved.