Friday, November 04, 2016

DRIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AT NIGHT


I tried to take a picture of the World Trade Center while I was driving up the 274.
See the little squiggly white line on the right hand side?
I think that’s the Brooklyn bridge.

Driving in New York is a little different from Texas. The streets are quite narrow. The houses are very close together. There are a lot of cars parked on the street. This creates
a situation where you seem to be on a four lane road, then all of a sudden its down to two.
First there are four lanes, then a stretch comes along with people parking on the street and now its not.
First there are four lanes then there are not four lanes, then there are.
First there are four lanes then there are not four lanes, then there are.
Its like a Donovan song.

One morning the car in front of me seemed to be unsure about what they wanted to do and hesitated just a moment. Almost immediately the three cars behind me started honking their horns.
We don't do that in Texas.

2 comments:

David Kanigan said...

Laughing at close: "They don't do that in Texas". They do that all the time in NYC! Glad you made it back alive Steve!

Bulletholes said...

Sometimes we honk "Hello".
Or "You nearly hit me".
I got the feeling that the horn in New York is used frequently as a method of communication.