Do you ever really pay attention to what you do when you are driving? The other day, I was putting on my make-up in the van and started noticing what others were doing in their car as well.
I was behind this guy who was trying to dial or either text on his cell phone and then he started looking at himself in his rear view mirror. He was looking at his teeth which by the way looked scary white. I mean, I was in my car right behind him and his teeth were illuminating with whiteness. Almost as if he had a black light in his car somewhere. It really was quite freaky. We went on for at least a mile (creeping along because traffic was horrendous) with him staring at his teeth and talking on the phone. Then I noticed another person next to me and she had a cell phone to which she was dialing and not paying attention to the road. I also saw people who were talking on the phone, eating or laying so far back in their seat that they make me want to lay down and go to sleep. I mean, how do people drive that way...laying so far back? How do they even see over the dashboard? I, of course, was also digging through my purse for something and it really made me think about safety on the road and how I was not being a party to it. Paying attention to stuff other than driving. Obviously I'm paying somewhat attention to driving, but probably not like I should. I need to do better with that especially since I am carrying precious cargo in my car. Just wondering if you put on your make-up too when you are driving or do you put in on at home? I'm 50/50 with that.
Also, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: For those of you who might feel the need to pick your nose, please remember that you DO NOT have an invisible shield that goes up automatically when you drive. We all can see you doing it and it's especially gross when you decide to ball it up and roll it around in your fingers. GAG! :P Get a tissue people!! LOL!
Oh please don't think I'm ranting. :) I just think it's kinda funny what people do in their cars when they think no one is looking. It doesn't matter if you are putting on make-up, intently staring at your overly white illuminating teeth, shoving a hamburger in your mouth, talking on the cell phone or even grossly picking your nose. I've even heard of newly married couples, Hmmm...how can I be tactful?....Well YOU KNOW, while they are driving!!! How can that be? Anyway, our attention is elsewhere at that moment and just wondering if it really should be? LOL!
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I put my face on every morning in the car on the way to work. *knock on wood* i haven't had an accident yet!
I don't have the skills necessary to put on make up while driving. But, I am usually driving with my knee as I use my hands to illustrate whatever I'm talking to Emory about... or we sing lots of songs.
Great post! You made me chuckle. You will usually find me handing sunglasses, juice, books, the Sephora Magazine, and toys back and forth with my two year old backseat driver.
I've thought about this a lot, too. I now have a rule that I will not take anything nor pass anything to the kids unless I am completely stopped at a traffic light.
I don't put makeup on in the car - except lipstick, and again only at a traffic light. But I am bad about trying to change CDs while I'm driving. If I'm taking Harris to school, we also pray in the car. But don't worry, I pray with my eyes open. :)
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