Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Vancouver Drivers: A Brief Glimpse

I just got back from a little walk. It was about 8pm and I came across 3 cars in a row stopped for a pedestrian light:

  1. The first had a 30-something woman talking excitedly on a cel phone, waving her arms wildly in all directions. Her mind clearly wasn't focused on her immediate surroundings.
  2. The second was also a woman, in a station wagon, with her 3 or 4 year old daughter in the back seat. She wasn't on a cel phone, but was puffing away on a cigarette.
  3. The third was, coincidentally, a woman as well, in her early twenties and driving an SUV. Like the first, she was also on a cel phone, though less animated.
Given the numerous bad examples of driving I see with people on their cel phones, #1 & #3 are clearly tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee respectively. As for #2, what term might one affix to her?

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