Driving Miss Ferry Confused

Yesterday I had to drive to Southport for work.  I've never been by car, and my GPS is 7 years old, so I went by Mapquest directions on the way there. 

On the way back, I decided to just go with my GPS since I wasn't in a hurry.  I went about 5 miles in the other direction before happening upon Fort Fisher Blvd, which you can only take by ferry.

Come on GPS!!  I know GPS years are like dog years and that you are very, very outdated, but throw me a bone here.  If I am about to have to drive my vehicle on to a boat for an hour+/-, I'm going to need to know that so I can load up on snacks.  I'm ok with you not knowing about the most recent traffic circle, but taking me by sea - not OK.

Needless to say I did an immediate U-turn, coming back the way I came (+ an additional 10 miles from the almost-ferry-confusion).

In other sneaky news, I just saw a car get pulled over by a light green Chevy Traverse.  That's fighting dirty, cops!  You must at least reveal yourself!

Look Alive Pedestrians

I've bee taking a lot of walks this summer in a community that has a very slow speed limit.

This means that the cars pass me at a slow speed, affording me a very up close glimpse of their driving behavior.

Now I don't want to sound like Tyra Banks, but I'm not going to lie to you gang, about 90% of the drivers I've seen have been intently texting or reading emails on their phones. Like, not looking at the road. At all.

And I know there's just no way that this behavior is exclusive to the slow speed limit on their summer vacation. That means the roads out there are a dangerous place to be!

Drivers, start looking at the road and away from the cell piece. And pedestrians and bikers LOOK OUT!! Iceberg straight ahead Family van heading your way!