Other types of distracted driving....

Couple days ago, I'm WB on the NY Thruway.

I come up on one of those high-dollar SUVs, start to pass, but they speed up.

This goes on for a few miles. I figure I got another "George and Mabel", or it's someone on their phone.

SUV gets hemmed in behind a car going slower than they are. I get in the hammer lane and make my move.

As I pass the SUV, I look over to see if they're on the phone.

Nope. Not on the phone.

It's a large man in a suit, with his big left index finger buried nearly to the first joint in his left nostril.

And he is CRANKING with his finger, like he's working one of those old-school pencil sharpeners....

I pondered this as I drove on. I figure he must have had one of those annoying "flappers" that move back and forth with every breath, probably with that off-key whistle on the exhale.

And he'd probably been trying to blow it clear since the MA/NY line, and by the time he got to Lockport he just couldn't stand it anymore, and went in after it.

I've been there myself, but I usually pull off to a safe spot to handle it......