# The day I became the Most Dangerous Driver Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159 "2001-08-31T18:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/1 "2001-08-31T18:05:59Z")
Good God. I scare myself. Last night, I ran some errands after work-- to the grocery store to get water for my fish and lunch for myself, to the cleaners to drop off some clothes, and thence to home. I was very hungry and my day had been very draining, but that’s no excuse. Twice on the way to the grocery store I went to shift gears, and promptly forgot what gear I was heading into from neutral. Had to look at the spedomoter to see how fast I was going and base my next gear choice on that and whether I was planning to slow down or speed up. Leaving the grocery store, I forgot which side of the road I was supposed to drive on and had to watch other drivers to figure it out. After I arrived at the cleaners, I couldn’t remember whether or not I had obeyed basic traffic laws like stopping at stop signs and using my turn signal. Oh yeah, and if you saw a young woman taking a swig straight out of a half-gallon of milk while speeding down 394, yup. That was me. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/2 "2001-08-31T18:15:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beadalin \* > Oh yeah, and if you saw a young woman taking a swig straight out of a half-gallon of milk while speeding down 394, yup. That was me. \*\* At least it wasn’t a 40 of Olde English… ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/3 "2001-08-31T18:57:59Z")
Thank God I don’t drive 394 very often! (I rarely have reason to go to Wayzata) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/4 "2001-08-31T19:01:09Z")
(gasp!) I was on 394 yesterday! Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/5 "2001-08-31T19:12:48Z")
Yeesh, I was even endangering other Dopers. I swear, I the milk helped. And if I ever feel that way again, I’ll just hunker down with some food somewhere, no matter how loudly duty calls. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/6 "2001-08-31T19:57:13Z")
Glad I don’t live in _your_ neck of the woods. 🙂 [sub]And because I said that, the Universe (with its exquisite sense of irony) will ensure that I end up living in the Twin Cities someday[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/7 "2001-08-31T21:24:56Z")
Sounds like you had yourself a little low blood sugar, **Beadalin**. I get that too, sometimes, and it does make my brain fuzzy. One of the funny things about it is that it makes me not want to eat sometimes, too, so I just force something down my gullet, and the world comes into focus almost immediately. Hunkering down with food is an excellent idea. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-i-became-the-most-dangerous-driver-ever/79159/8 "2001-08-31T22:19:25Z")
Do you happen to drive a dark blue Honda, or was that some other milk-chugging psycho? But maybe that wasn’t milk. It could have been anything, I suppose. This is why I make it a point to avoid anything south of Forest Lake. (And I try not to go that far, if I can help it.)