I swear that this is a picture of the exact same vehicle that was following me to work on Monday morning from Marquette to Munising at 6 AM on snow covered & slippery roads, often times with extremely reduced visibility. This is the first leg of my weekly commute from Marquette to Brimley for work - the last one this year. I was the third vehicle behind a semi-tractor trailor that was behind approximately two vehicles going a maximum of speed of 40 miles per hour. The conditions were not ideal, but I am sure that in front of that semi-truck, visibility was much better than what we were experiencing behind it. And I am sure that the vehicle behind me was either this one, or one very similar.And every single one of those lights was on: I swear it to be so! The driver of this vehicle was sure to be able to see if a 'winter ant' happened to be crossing M-28 within five miles of the highway in front of him, or at the very least he could see the Atlantic Ocean from the Upper Peninsula State highway we were traveling east on yesterday morning. Honestly, at one point I turned my vehicle headlights OFF (yes, in blowing snow), and I could see the shadow of my vehicle on the back of the car in front of me - including the outline of myself in the drivers seat. Is more really necessary? I can't even imagine any condition that you would actually require this many headlights to be ALL on, or what would be so important or necessary that you would have to leave the quiet, warm & comfortable confinds of your home for anything that important in conditions that would require such illumination!
Consideration. What has happened to consideration in today's world, that we consider only our own needs and fullfill them to the utmost possiblities so that we ourselves are so well taken care of by ourselves, with total lack of concern for anyone else but ourselves. Without consideration, we as a species are doomed. And deservingly so. Perhaps this blog doesn't do much for my rant to rave ratio, reducing somewhat from a mostly positive perspective of raving over ranting, but at the moment I certainly feel better about the guy who followed me the 75 miles from Marquette to Seney yesterday morning on my weekly commute. And I myself will remember to be more considerate of other drivers in every possible way: respectful driving rather than agressive driving. If you see this guy approaching your vehicle from behind, or worse yet driving toward you: just calmly pull to the right of the highway, close your eyes & let him pass.
