Hmmmm were to start.

So I started writing all this down in a wire bound note book and the working title was "Random Thoughts, A Computer Less Blog" then I realised, well that's not really the point of a blog and so I decided to jump in with both feet and start my own blog.

My random thought for today, or rather a question that really needs answering!
Why do some people drive as though they don't know were they are going?


This morning as I was driving to work I encountered an individual waiting in a left hand turning lane for his chance to turn. As I approached the intersection on his right he decided that he didn't actually want to turn left and pulled through the intersection next to me. Luckily I was in the far right lane and while I thought this was a little unsafe didn't really worry too much about it.

So we continue along and this guy is obviously in a hurry because he races ahead in order to pull into my lane. Fine, I'm not in a hurry so hey, have at 'er. The driver of this car is, from what I can tell, a young man probably really early 20's not that it matters, but were he ends up going makes sense. The green N that should be displayed is tucked in under his license plate with barely a sliver showing.

So as it appears at this time he's headed in the same direction as I and makes the same right hand turn I do. Only he hops into the left lane as he turns, then seeing that traffic is a little slower in that lane moves back into the right lane. Now I'm thinking this guy is really confused. As we reach the bottom of the hill we are travelling down, the right lane splits into a right hand merge lane to take you specifically to the university in the area and that's the way he turns.


This has led to my query in the first place.

Where was he thinking he was going when he was thinking he needed to make a left turn then changed his mind?

Was he on his way to pick up a fellow student perhaps and got a text that it wasn't necessary?

Not that it's any of my business what was going on, but ya, it made me wonder. When I set out in my mini-van (yeah I'm a mom) I generally have a route planned out. There has been the odd occasion were I will redirect and I'm sure the person behind me is wondering what I'm up too, but it's not like this is some anomaly it happens all this time to anyone on their path. I guess it makes me wonder, how in a split second our plans can change and that we can do one of two things; react or not react.

Life is so much like that, we spend a large part of it reacting while what we should be doing is trying to take a proactive position. Sometimes this isn't possible, things change due to circumstances beyond our control and we just react. But it's that reaction that sets in motion future events, so why not react in such a way that those events are a benefit and not detrimental.

Today, I'm going to be proactive about something before I need to "react", right now I don't know what that is, but I hope I recognise the opportunity when it presents itself.


Tammy.