TRAFFIC.

Yeah, that's right, the big bad T word. We all hate it. It hates us. It's a mutual relationship.

This morning especially, traffic was the worst. I arrived to school fifteen minutes late along with about twenty other upperclassman, and I'm usually the one fifteen minutes early.

Here on the good ol' eastern shore, we have a little special something called The Bay Bridge. The bridge is about 4.5 miles long and extends over the Chesapeake Bay. This morning especially, traffic was backed up twenty minutes, when usually it takes four minutes to cross over the structure.

What could possibly be worst than sitting in traffic?  In the rain. In the fog. And fifteen minutes late to school. Now usually there are multiple culprits of backed up cars and red brake lights. One of the most frequent is car accidents. This particular morning, there was white Jeep Cherokee that ran into one of the guard rails and had hopped onto the median strip - one of my worst fears when driving. It always seems as those those guard rails are a bit to close to the shoulder - also waiting to be run into.  I said a silent prayer for the driver in the smashed Jeep, hoping that the driver was ok.

My personal favorite culprit of traffic is weather. Because we live so close to the watershed, there are lots and lots of bridges. As previously stated, the Bay Bridge influences greatly by weather. In addition, the Severn River Bridge also is victim to weather. Traffic can be backed up for millleeeessss on Route 50 just because the people slow down right before they go over the bridge. It can be simply be drizzling very slightly, and still people still almost come to a complete halt before they cross the bridge, which is just completely unnecessary. It's just a bridge guys. Get over yourselves and cross it.

So there, that's my rant on traffic. Hope you have a wonderful, traffic-free day!