the need for speed.

I went to Dallas for the holiday and was amazed to discover a new highway (the George Bush Tollway) where no highway existed before. I was able to run up to Corinth to pick up Sarah for lunch in something like 20 minutes. When I went to school at North Texas, it took 45 minutes to get across the lake. That giant canyon they dug years ago is now a highway. Holy crap.

And the speeds at which everyone drives! I’m usually one of the fast drivers on the beltway doing 70 in the left lane. I couldn’t do 70 in the right lane of the Dallas North Tollway without blocking traffic! I was driving about with my father on Christmas Eve and we had a good laugh about getting passed while doing 80 in normal traffic.

Like father, like son?