just when you thought it was safe to drive in massachussetts...

That's right ... it's not! We came upon this lovely lady on the Mass Pike, just before the Sudbury River. She was driving erratically in the left lane, slow then fast, and holding up a long line of cars. When we drew alongside of her, we noticed she was talking on her cell phone and not holding onto the wheel with ANY hands! (Perhaps this is legal in Massachussetts, I don't know) When we looked into her car, she greeted us with the universal NJ driving sign, apparently used in New England equally freely. Well, that was surprising enough, since she was the one holding up traffic and breaking the law.

But it wasn't enough for our lady, no it wasn't. She decided she would take her anger out on us, and she suddenly swerved into the small space between us and the car in front of us. Of course, the ten or so cars being held up waiting for her to finish her cellular chat were happy, although I noticed the first one slowed to take a look at the driver of such reckless abandon, but she nearly killed us and the cars behind us. She didn't seem to care what happened to herself, or anyone else, as she sort of had it in for us. I changed back to the left lane to get away from her, and she did it again, switching suddenly back in front without signaling. I pulled out my camera and handed it to my passenger, who snapped the first picture (the bottom one,) which includes her license number.

Within a very short distance she started switching back over to the right and we realized she was getting off. We got ready to get that final shot of her, and just look at how fulfilling it was for us -- what a wonderful pose she posed!

Anyway, that was certainly not the only bad driver we encountered on the roads but she was by far the worst and the scariest. Some people really shouldn't be allowed to drive. I wouldn't be surprised if this one has had her share of serious accidents. Or maybe she was just out on a day pass from the asylum, which would explain the behavior.

I always think that you should be able to report people when they drive like this. It's so frustrating to have to see, and most of the other cars on I-90 at that time were civilized and driving normally. The most infuriating thing was that just after our lady exited the highway, we passed TWO police cars with cars pulled over on the OTHER side of the roadway. Where are these police when the idiots are on the road?