It amazes me what happens to seemingly normal people when they get behind the wheel of a vehicle.  Almost every time I go out I see someone do something that causes me to shake my head.  Yesterday we were going to Thai Taste and as we were coming into carbondale at the new and old 13 intersection I went through the traffic light as it turned yellow.  I looked in my mirror and the car that was quite a bit behind me came through too.  I'm talking at least five seconds after it turned red and the car was going at least 60mph and probably faster.
Last Friday we're driving down Walnut and a car barely slowed down at the stop sign on north 19th and pulled out in front of me.  What made me shake my head is that the car proceeded to drive 5mph under the speed limit and that the next car behind me was 2 1/2-3 blocks behind me. 
A couple months ago I was coming into Murphysboro on new 13 and a car buzzed around me and the car ahead of me and went immediately from the left lane to the turn lane.  What really got me was another car did the same thing but cut me off as it went between the my car and the car ahead of me when there was nobody behind me.  This car pulled into Jackson Square a couple seconds before I did.
I don't know how many times cars have tried to get around a few cars when Walnut goes from 2 to 1 lane in front of Walgreens.  It makes my day when a few cars try to jump in front a line of cars and then the front one has to wait to make a left turn and the jumpers have to wait.
I guess the one that takes the cake was a couple months ago I was coming out of Walmart and heading to new 13.  The light was green on Country Club and I saw a eastbound car come down the exit ramp.  Not a big deal but the car didn't slow down and cut across both lanes of Country Club Rd. and went up the entrance ramp to 13.  Two months later I'm still shaking my head at this one.
I won't even get into all the people who ride the left lane between Murphy and c'dale or c'dale and carterville or various other things I see on a regular basis.
I don't understand why so many people are in such a hurry that they risk having a wreck to gain a couple seconds.  Most people have paid a lot of money for their vehicles but seem to be in such a hurry to get out of that vehicle.  Relax and enjoy your vehicle.

Yesterday we went down to Cape to pick up something for the grandtwins that a lady had been holding for the Glue.  After taking an unintentional tour of a large portion of Cape's residential area we managed to pick up the stuff.  We decided to blow a little time at Academy Sports to avoid the noon rush hour then head to the Pilot House for something to eat.  We'd heard really good things about it and had tried to go there once but it had been packed.  We browsed some at Academy and picked up a couple kinds of Shed BBQ sauce and a container of their rub which are all good.  After missing a turn we finally pulled into the Pilot House parking lot a little after 1pm.  The lot was still packed but we found one spot close to a culvert that we could park in.  As we walked in a couple cars pulled out but once we got in the building  it was still crowded.  We found a table for two which normally seem too small but this one seemed to have more room.  Lisa ordered a Blue Moon and I had a Stag while we looked at the menu.  Lisa decided on the giant kabobs and I went with a cheeseburger.  While we were waiting a couple people from Murphysboro walked in.  On my way to the bathroom I said hi to them and discovered they were talking to a guy who was the class ahead of me and we'd worked together a long time ago.  I'd walked right past him and we didn't see each other.  The food came very fast for how crowded it was and the first thing I noticed was how big the portions were.    The cheeseburger rivals Jacks and Hickory Ridge as my favorite around here.  The beef tenderloin kabobs were very good with a surprising amount of tenderloin on them.  I'm pretty sure we could have split either order and been fine.  The Pilot House is definitely on our short list of eating places in Cape and will be back soon to try the BBQ and the catfish.
After there we went to our go to place Katy O'ferrals for a pint of their house red ale which is a favorite of mine.  It seems like there is always someone there who we have a great time talking to and this was no exception.  We then decided to go to the Coin-Op Cantina which our nephew really likes.  We ordered a couple salted carmel pecan ale from 4204 Mainstreet in Belleville.  The beer was good but probably too sweet to drink more than one of and really more than 1/2 a pint.  The Cantina itself was ok but nothing special.  They had a variety of video games and pinball machines but all too new and flashy for me.  There was one skiball game too.  We then stopped in The Bar for a couple Blue Moons before heading home.
Nice trip and I can't say enough about how much we enjoyed the Pilot House.