From Where I Sit

 

Yeah, I have not blogged in a while.  Every Sunday, my husband sits down to blog and asks me: "Are you going to blog today?" and I respond, "I've got nothing to say".

Today, I have something to say.  My husband and I ride a motorcycle.  In reality, he drives and I "ride" on the back. (I learned long ago that "clutching" with my hand and "shifting" with my foot was  not part of my  wiring.)  We gear up to be as safe as possible.  We never ride without our  armored jackets, helmets, jeans, boots, glasses, and gloves.  We always make sure we are in the best state of mind for riding and that the weather is optimum for our trips.  We have ridden south to  Columbus, west to Toledo (several times) and east to Geneva on the Lake.  We are kind of centrally located south of Cleveland so that gives you a general zone of where we ride.

I sit on the back of a 2009 Honda Shadow.
It is our  second 2 wheel vehicle (the first was a Kymco Grand Vista 250 cc Scooter).  From where I sit, which is higher than most vehicles, I am astounded by the number of people who continue to text while they drive.  Just last night we were riding out of our neighborhood and I am watching this red pick up truck kind of drifting  toward our lane.  As we approached a red traffic light, I turned to look at him and he looked back at me lifting his head from his phone in his hand on his right thigh.  ( yeah...I really have a good vantage point)

Maybe it's my Catholic upbringing or my school teacher-ness that makes me  believe that people should follow the rules (laws). I just don't understand why people continue to  let this" in your hand technology" rule every minute of the day. Sometimes I have this little fantasy in my head that I could be like Starsky and Hutch( the original, not the remake); I can slap that magnetic police light on the top of my "undercover" vehicle and conduct a traffic stop when people are breaking the law.  

I saw an excerpt of this PSA on television yesterday afternoon, before our ride.  It's kind of long but worth the watch.

Life doesn't roll in reverse.  We are not the great multi-taskers we believe ourselves to be.  It is not just your well-being/life you are  affecting.  It is everyone around you. 

IT CAN WAIT.