tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post112199430751926190..comments2024-03-22T19:54:40.394-05:00Comments on Two Cities Two Wheels: Uncomfortable RemindersMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627112052787992404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-1122517814536888522005-07-27T21:30:00.000-05:002005-07-27T21:30:00.000-05:00It's always crosses. Apparently Muslims and Jews ...It's always crosses. Apparently Muslims and Jews and others never die on the highways. Perhaps we should study what they're doing right.<BR/><BR/>In these high speed, mountainous, curvy Appalachian highways, with out of control overloaded coal trucks, I can understand running off the road. But in the flatlands? On a straight road? "EEEEEEEEYAHHHH!" *crash* Too challenging to drive a straight line on a straight road, apparently.<BR/><BR/>Which is why teen drinking in the flatlands means a wrecked car, while in Appalachia it means a wrecked car and a death or two.<BR/><BR/>Don't EVEN get me started on how crazy it is that our state started allowing ATVs on the roads. Yeah, it was for the western flatland farms. But it doesn't work on our curvy mountain roads. People are dying.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to bike commute, but you hain't never seen traffic habits like out here. I'm considering canoeing or kayaking on the river to work. No traffic there...and I'm a water soul.kentuckylizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110491371985845560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-1122250541415953832005-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:002005-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:00The average person is trying to insulate themselve...The average person is trying to insulate themselves from reality to the point where death is just some abstract concept that doesn't get talked about or even enter their minds. A climate-controlled car is a metaphor for the perfect safe nonreality that 99% of Americans think they deserve.<BR/><BR/>To see a good microcosm of society, watch the battle for close parking spots in a Target or WalMart parking lot.song 2 the sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146128778998664436noreply@blogger.com