Safe Driving

I know, it has been an incredibly long time since my last post. So much has happened like a fun Halloween, yummy Thankgiving, Awesome Christmas with all the family, Alexander getting a job at Charlie's, Rebekah dating Aaron, Keith getting an internship at Disney College. I'll have you know that we took Keithy down to Anaheim and I did NOT get to go to Disneyland. The funny thing is that I didn't mind because I know our family trip is coming up in March!

Anyway, back to the reason for the title of this post. Over the years as my kids learned to drive I have tried to give them safety tips (being the paranoid mother I am). Now these are not just the standard "make sure you look both ways" kind of safety tips. These are the big ones that I will do a quick rundown on:

1.) If you are in the middle of nowhere and you see police lights behind you indicating you should pull over - DO NOT! You should continue to drive at a safe speed to the nearest well populated store or gas station or something where there are other people around. If you have a cell phone you should call 911 or whatever emergency phone numbers cells have to see if there is indeed a police officer following you. I would much rather pay Bail then a funeral. I know, seems dramatic but it isn't.

2.) Another is, you should always wear a seat belt. This is especially important if you are ever carjacked or whatever. The reason being is if you have to drive erratically and smash into something, most likely the "bad guy" is not buckeled in and if you hit something he or she wil wind up going through the windshield instead of you. I know, sound hokey and morbid but, I would rather have my insurance pay for damages than a funeral. Seeing the pattern here?

3.) One of the other things that I have mentioned is that if you ever feel you are being followed, NEVER drive into your drive way! That last thing you want to do is let some creep know where you live. Anyway, you should continue to drive and go to the nearest "authorative" place like a police station or fire station or something like that.

A couple of weeks ago Marina was driving home from a function. She noticed a car that was traveling the same way she was so when she got to our house she kept driving. She went around the block and turned up some streets and the other car just kept following her. She drove out of our area and drove over to the fire station about a mile from us. She pulled into the parking lot like she was going to park. The other car followed her and as soon as they saw where she was heading, they took off! How grateful I am that she remembered to do that. How grateful I am that I didn't have to say "if only I would have said something instead of worrying if I sounded stupid".

I love my family and would do anything for them. Including sharing my far-fetched randomness with them. ;~)

Love,
Mom