The worst part of my day is the time I spend trapped in my car, idly making my way to and from work at the speed of a crawling infant, and the last thing I really need is to have that process extended because a bunch of hybrid-driving suburban folks just discovered the concept of weather. We live in New England. This place is famous for its extremes, from blizzards to heat waves, dry spells to hurricanes. Should we really be all that surprised when it tends to rain every now and then? I don’t think so. And yet, still, time and time again I find myself caught in the fallout of this phenomenon, be it accident-induced traffic or just a painfully timid driver, and I can’t help but wonder why. Why does this happen? What goes through people’s heads to make them this way? It’s one thing to be safe, that I understand, but it’s another thing entirely to just suddenly forget how to drive. I want to be able to understand that. I need to be able to understand that, for my own sanity. So I’ve come up with a couple of possible explanations, and I’ll let you fine folks decide which seems the most realistic. As always, more to come after the jump.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
What's So Scary About a Little Rain?
We’re into the second week of January now and somehow it’s still raining up here in good old Connecticut, which means, for those of us unfortunate enough to have significant commutes, we’ve had to endure the phenomenon known as “Scare-of-rain CT Drivers” for about two more months than we’d intended. Frankly, it’s been exhausting.
The worst part of my day is the time I spend trapped in my car, idly making my way to and from work at the speed of a crawling infant, and the last thing I really need is to have that process extended because a bunch of hybrid-driving suburban folks just discovered the concept of weather. We live in New England. This place is famous for its extremes, from blizzards to heat waves, dry spells to hurricanes. Should we really be all that surprised when it tends to rain every now and then? I don’t think so. And yet, still, time and time again I find myself caught in the fallout of this phenomenon, be it accident-induced traffic or just a painfully timid driver, and I can’t help but wonder why. Why does this happen? What goes through people’s heads to make them this way? It’s one thing to be safe, that I understand, but it’s another thing entirely to just suddenly forget how to drive. I want to be able to understand that. I need to be able to understand that, for my own sanity. So I’ve come up with a couple of possible explanations, and I’ll let you fine folks decide which seems the most realistic. As always, more to come after the jump.
The worst part of my day is the time I spend trapped in my car, idly making my way to and from work at the speed of a crawling infant, and the last thing I really need is to have that process extended because a bunch of hybrid-driving suburban folks just discovered the concept of weather. We live in New England. This place is famous for its extremes, from blizzards to heat waves, dry spells to hurricanes. Should we really be all that surprised when it tends to rain every now and then? I don’t think so. And yet, still, time and time again I find myself caught in the fallout of this phenomenon, be it accident-induced traffic or just a painfully timid driver, and I can’t help but wonder why. Why does this happen? What goes through people’s heads to make them this way? It’s one thing to be safe, that I understand, but it’s another thing entirely to just suddenly forget how to drive. I want to be able to understand that. I need to be able to understand that, for my own sanity. So I’ve come up with a couple of possible explanations, and I’ll let you fine folks decide which seems the most realistic. As always, more to come after the jump.
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