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Recently I was waiting at a very busy intersection traffic signal. It is a well known delay area for anyone needing to proceed straight through or make a turn in any direction but the signal length for the left turn I was trying to make is infamous as the longest wait in town even when there is no heavy traffic flow.
I accepted the fact that it would be more than three minutes before I’d be moving so I allowed my attention to drift a little. Needing something to focus on I decided to count the number of drivers turning left onto Thomas Moore Parkway that had a cell phone held up to their ear. The first car that passed by had such a driver and that’s where I got the idea to gather some data.
You aren’t going to believe the results of my research; HEY! I could hardly believe it myself. Sixty-two cars passed by me in the inside lane; there was an equal number of cars passing by in the outside lane but I could only count one lane. I’m going to assume that at least 50 percent of the drivers in that lane also we using cell phones when they passed. I think it was a very conservative estimate considering the fact that EVERY driver in the inside lane had cell phones tucked up to their ear.
After that, I’m telling myself things are out of control. Kentucky had better not try to enforce a new law that prohibits cell phones being used that way while driving. It would be impossible to achieve, nor would it have a lasting affect or act to reduce such use. I know my fellow Kentuckians, they are stubborn as the mules their ancestors once used.
I swear and declare, just as my Appalachian cousins still do today; I just don’t understand what all those folks find to talk about that is so important they would risk their lives and mine to accomplish. After making my turn I was suddenly overcome with this overpowering uneasiness that had me feeling very insecure sitting in my own weapon.
