Thursday, October 9, 2008

It Rained in Nashville Yesterday....

....and all the crazies were out driving.

It seems to me that Nashville has a high number of people that want to test the efficacy of their auto insurance companies. They come out on rainy days and muck up all major thoroughfares in the city.

As a whole Nashville drivers are average. What qualifies me to say this? I have been to and through a great number of our United States. I have experienced more than one 65 mile per hour traffic jam in San Francisco. I have been on the Bay Bridge in San Fran at rush hour. Los Angeles is some sort of civil engineer revenge plot against society - a giant spider web of concrete and cars. I have navigated Daytona Beach and Orlando at Spring Break. I have nearly wet myself twice riding in a taxi cab in Mexico. We won't even talk about Jamaican driving habits, OY! Washington, D.C.? Again, lets not go there. A little closer to home there is the ever popular "Malfunction Junction" right down the middle of Knoxville.

So now you know that I have the credentials to go along with my assessment, here it is:

Nashvillians suffer from a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde disorder that emerges as the chance of precipitation rises. If water does actually fall from the sky - WHOA, NELLY! These people lose all manner of sense and basic skill and become all thumbs behind the wheel.

Its just our little mark on the world. Forget "Music City" just change our nickname to
"We have a wreck on I-65 Southbound at Trinity Lane."
Its not as catchy but it would most certainly be truth in advertising. Not to mention a nice warning for tourists.

I love you, Nashville! Have a great day and drive safely!

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