March 18, 2003
Rites of Spring
If I keep going on about the good weather, I'll probably jinx it. I've never seen so much wildlife about
- I even spotted a badger yesterday morning (I almost nailed him with the car), as well as an owl (snacking on badger roadkill, actually).
The weather has been so good that even the Gardai are back out on the roads with their speed cameras
(they seem to hibernate in the winter). No harm either - the good behaviour caused by the introduction of penalty points has disappeared.
Crazy overtaking manoeuvres and speeding - they haven't gone away, you know. This evening, I saw a woman driving along
with a toddler on her lap. Even if she braked sharply, the child would probably get smacked off the steering wheel.
And I don't really want to think of the effect of an airbag deploying about six inches away from a child's head…
Posted by Monasette at March 18, 2003 10:35 PM