R's rue

I think that seatbelts  in motor vehicles are a damned good idea. In the event of a collision, seatbelts can stop you or your passengers from  catapulting through the front windscreen  ( American: windshield ) When I began driving, wearing seatbelts ( or seat belts ) was not compulsory in the eyes of the law and besides, most cars  did not have seatbelts installed. I freely admit that it took me a while to get used to wearing seatbelts. I am grateful for bleepers in cars that admonished me whenever I had forgotten to put my seatbelt on. Like one of Pavlov's dogs those bleepers eventually  taught me to comply with the law. Taxi drivers, delivery people, emergency service drivers and drivers of public buses  do not have to wear seatbelts. I would ask - why not? And I would ask the same question of passengers on public buses. Why don't they have to wear seatbelts? Okay there are usually no seatbelts fitted but why not? Tonight I was the only passenger ab...

I’m glad I made the effort to go to Nu’s party I’m glad for so many reasons . Of course seeing her, Jim and her family and friends, many who I consider as my friends for years , was the driving force for the trip  But I also really wanted to push myself out of my ever comfortable comfort zone by driving the length and breadth of Ireland on my own . To some , this may not sound too stressful. A little arduous, perhaps but not stressful,  But I must admit, for me it was!  I’m always envious of friends such as Rachel ( https://racheldubois.blogspot.com/ ) who seem happy and comfortable travelling all over the world by themselves.  I’ve never done it, so I felt I needed to push myself with a series of firsts Taking my Car on a ferry for the first time and navigating a new country was two firsts  Ok it was Ireland  But this morning I was the only car driving down the magnificent Ring of Kerry  from the awesome Moll’s Gap I was the only...

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