photoshopping

I need some photos to mess with. I've hardly taken any since my trip in november.

Florida drivers

Here's one for Roadskoller. Neil Peart, the drummer for Rush, travels a lot, mostly by motorcycle. He rides all over North America during and between tours. And he's written a few books. In Roadshow, he writes about driving in Florida.

In my experience, Florida was the worst state in the Union in which to drive a car, ride a motorcycle or ride a bicycle. Turn signals seemed to be a deleted option on all vehicles. On multi-lane highways there was no such thing as a passing lane, and the general mood on Florida roads ranged from oblivious to discourteous to downright hostile. Those attitudes often prevailed elsewhere in North America, of course, from coast to coast, but nowhere as universally as in Florida. Even in other states, so often Michael and I would witness that kind of heedless driving, and point down at the Florida licence plate on the back of the offending car. When traveling overland in the sunshine State, it was wise to assume in advance that no one ever looked before he or she changed lanes, made a turn, stopped, started, or pulled out of a driveway.

He calls Florida drivers the Anti-Destination League of Florida.