minor sidetrack on the driving topic...
My theory on bad driving is that we are several generations deep...
(generation being defined as somehow related to the rate that technology continues to evolve and those who grew up with it)
...into folks that have spent large amounts of time in front of a television, video screen or computer monitor.
When these folks get behind the wheel of a car and look out the windshield, it's just another television, video screen or computer monitor.
Then we add the cell phone component.
"Hey look at me, I can multi task!"
The 24 hour wrecking services around here are all driving new rigs. Business must be good.