Eyes Open Wide

This morning, while Elaine and I were on our morning walk, we turned up Norwood Circle. We saw a white SUV coming towards us, so we moved to the side of the road. The driver, a woman, was on the phone. The next thing we knew, she was coming directly for us, and we had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. Both of us were shaken by the near miss, but the woman driving the car never even slowed down. If she had looked in her rear view mirror, she would have seen us waving our arms and yelling. But then, she was still on the phone and totally unaware of what she had just done.

When I used to live in California, there was a law that said you couldn’t use your phone while driving. Heck, Maria Shriver (Arnold’s wife) was photographed at least 3 times, driving while talking on the phone. Whatever the reason for using the phone while driving, it’s not worth killing someone. There should be a law in Mississippi, stopping people from doing so. And they should be slapped with an outrageous fine if they are caught. 

And as for me, I promise never to answer the phone ever again while I am driving. My morning walk could have ended in death, and that’s enough to make me realize that no matter how important that stupid phone call is, it’s not worth killing yourself, or anyone else for that matter. I can’t imagine how I would cope with the guilt of maiming or killing someone with my car because I was on the phone and not paying attention. It would be hard to sleep at night. How about you?