I went to the therapist's office this evening. Afterward, I chose to skip a meeting tonight. I want to eat dinner at a decent hour, watch tv, and do some reading. I decided to take 347 home from the therapist. I turn onto Terry Rd because Panthea mentioned that she lived near Maureen's kitchen (I'm not stalking, but it would be a God send to see her again. It's been a draining day) and go east on 25 from there. I hate driving on 25, especially between 7PM and 10PM on a weekday. It's a zoo. Everyone is all bunched up into groups with huge gaps between groups. It drives me nuts. Anyway, I saw 3 accidents in less than 9 miles of road. Cops everywhere. Ambulances with volunteer fireman standing around drinking coffee and smoking cigs because they had nothing to do. Theses weren't serious accidents. The people around here drive like 30 miles per hour. How much damage could they do to their cars let alone each other? Regardless, it took me 20 - 25 minutes to drive 9 miles.
The cause of all this is the Suffolk County DMV. The road test is a joke. I lost my license from not paying a ticket a few years back. Well, it was more than a few years... I let it go for like 5 years. I know, I'm an addict... Anyway, I let it go for so long that my license had expired a couple of years prior so I had to start from scratch. I took the permit test cold and got a 100% which is better than I did originally and I scheduled a road test. When the time came for the road test it consisted of making a left turn, driving straight for about 100 yards, making a 3 point turn which immediately turned into a parallel park, and then it was over. Total time from start to finish was 3-4 minutes. The person who drove me to the road test thought I'd failed it was over so quickly. I passed and there is no way that the guy "grading me" could have known that I was a good driver from the way I made the original left turn. My point is that he can't be the exception considering how bad I've observed Suffolk County Drivers to be.
That's it. Thanks for letting me share.
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