They’ll no longer get to be distracted, sleepy, lost or angry, or change lanes without signaling or text illegally or watch TV on their dashboard or tailgate. Though on the bright side, “Life is a Highway” will no longer get radio play.
Well, for now we are drivers – or at least after this weekend we are – because Carmageddon II is here.
Last year, crews destroyed the north side of Mulholland Bridge, and tonight they begin knocking down the south side. A ten-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway will again be shut down, and it’ll be interesting to see if we Angelenos can stay clear like we did last year and make Carmageddon II another smash success.
Funny sidebar I once mentioned before but bears repeating: in July, nine months after Carmageddon I, Los Angeles experienced a crazy baby boom, the result of married couples figuring as long as they were shut in, they might as well cross their semi-annual sex night off their to-do lists.
I’ll assume you married folks will be upholding this tradition (if there’s one thing in which you excel, it’s routine), but let me make a suggestion in the spirit of this weekend: after you pop the Viagra, head to the garage and do it in your car’s back seat.
