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I had that thing happen to me again today. You know, that thing that happens every time and you don't know what to do about it. I don't even know how to explain it but I'll bet that everyone has the same reaction that I do. It happens at about this time every year. The changeable fall weather makes it happen. I drove to Rhode Island today it was warm but drizzly when I left New Jersey around noon. Then somewhere in Connecticut the atmospheric conditions conspired against me. The windows started to fog up.
I did what I always do when the windows fog up; I turned the one selector knob thingy that controls the direction of the air flow to the picture of the windshield and the zig-zaggedty arrows and I turned the other selector knob thingy that controls the temperature to the red. Which made the windows REALLY fog up. So much so that I couldn't see the road. The road being Interstate 95 and my speed was somewhere around 77 MPH. See, the actions I took were to defrost the windows if it were 20 degrees outside and the truck was sitting in a parking lot for 4 hours. But those actions are always my first reaction. It happens to me every year.
Of course, when all my windows fog up really badly, the next reaction is to quickly open all the windows. Which lets the rain just pour in. But I'd rather be wet than all mushy and pulpy after hitting a tree or guard rail off the side of the road. Then I start twisting the knobs like a madman. Like I'm trying to tune in Tokyo on a bad ham radio. Eventually the windows clear. But then I don't know if it is because of the windows being open or because I've hit the right combination of air flow, flow direction and air temperature.
You know, they talk about banning cell phones in cars because they allegedly interfere with the driver's paying attention to the road. But I think that the real danger to this nation's highways is the air and temperature controls on the dashboard. A cell phone never flys up out of your hand to block the entire windshield.
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