It’s 4 a.m. I’m crawling along Scenic Drive on my way to the station, still waking up, when suddenly…BAM. I’m hit with the force of a thousand suns. Not from the east. From someone’s high beams coming straight at me.
And I mean every car. It’s not a couple clueless drivers now and then. It’s a full-on epidemic. At this point, I half-expect someone to roll down their window and yell, “I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND HIGH BEAMS ON MY SIDE!”
Let’s be clear: it’s dark on Scenic, but not that dark. I wear glasses. My vision’s not great. But even I can get through that road just fine with my low beams. So why is half the city acting like they need aircraft landing lights to make it up the hill?
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