My Driving History

For some reason I really like to drive, and ever since I was sixteen, when I get behind the wheel feel free and alive... Only once had an accident when I was seventeen, pulling out too fast of the driveway, into my parents car I careened, thank God it was minor damage and my Dad was able to pop the dent out with a hammer, got a stern look and talking to but kept me out of the slammer, Have driven some Dodges and Chevy cars in the past, but lately drive a Ford Focus because its much better on the gas... Have driven in about all of the states on the east coast, and when I go once a year to visit some family its destination L.I., New York, Out west have driven through Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and even California, reason being my husband back then went to a school called UTI in Phoenix, Arizona... Probably the most traveled interstate in the east being I-75 and I-24, which is one of the biggest trucking routes that I know of by far, and I truly admire truck drivers driving their 18 wheelers up and down the highways and interstates, they just scare me a bit when they get too close, driving as if my car was truck driver bait... I even thought once about becoming a truck driver but that was a fleeting idea that lost most of its appeal, because the more I thought of it wouldn't really like that career, especially since they're all probably pretty heavy from constantly being behind the wheel, and when I stop at those truck stops I can't help but notice, that the truck drivers not only buy toothpaste for their teeth, but also preparation H for their hemorrhoids... My son and I just came home from Chattanooga, Tenn., and thank God we both arrived home safely and in one piece, because even though I love to drive can't understand why people fly by me doing 80 like in an emergency, unless someone in the car has to use a restroom or is about to deliver a baby... and lately when I drive around Moccasin Bend feel a little more on edge and on the offensive, because its like driving on the autobahn or being in the Indy 500! Remember, don't text and drive because you want to arrive alive…:) P.S. Happy 60th Birthday Interstate System!