Crawl, Walk, Drive
It’s that time of year again. I don’t mean when all the government secrets are leaked onto the Internet by some unknown organization. I mean the time of year when it’s unsafe to cross streets or ride your bike. At least in the United States. It’s possible more civilized countries don’t have this problem. I enjoy getting around without a car, but I feel like the number of near misses has gone up a fair bit, and it’s always a person much younger than me with someone much older than them in the passenger seat. At first I didn’t think much about this and just dreamed of how self driving cars will rid us of the horror that is human drivers. After the last near fatality while crossing the street it dawned on me that now is the time all the kids have their driving learner’s permit. I do think I preferred not knowing this since now I know my adversary. It has a name, and that name is “youth”. ...