For 21 years now, I’ve been making a morning commute in New Jersey. That’s no small matter - a daily drive in the most densely populated state in the union is no joke. Jersey drivers are a testy, impatient crowd. I thought about that this morning as I watched shenanigans in the traffic circle that nearly resulted in three cars smashing one another. Gratefully, I was not involved. Happily, no accident happened - good for a lot of reasons, including the fact that it would have backed up traffic, the only thing any of us care about in the morning. Seconds later, I missed a light thanks to a meandering fellow driver who was not on his game. I passed him on the right as soon as the opportunity arose because that’s how we roll here in Jersey. I made the jug handle light that is the last turn before school, slid into the parking lot, scored my favorite parking spot, and walked into work grateful that I arrived safely. Because, New Jersey.
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