Franktown Cafe

Took the big drive into town today. It seems a memo must have gone out to NDOT employees as lately they have been drivig about 50 through Pleasant Valley. Previously they have been zooming through like everyone else, oblivious to the 50 mph signs. I talked to an NHP officer awhile back who seemed surprised that my anecdotal observation was that most extreme violators were from out-of-state. It seems only natural- 395 looks like a freeway. But wouldn’t you get a clue if you were doing 65 and all the locals were doing 60 or less and the signs have flags that say 50?
Then in Reno I had to wait while a couple of teenagers crossed a street. They never broke their gait as they crossed or looked for cars. Trusting souls, those kids. That is opposed to the other guy, older, who saw me approaching out of the corner of his eye but chose to jay walk anyway, being too cool to look at me, daring me to run him over. Of course it *would* be my fault but, hey, he’d be dead- and cool at the same time.
Doesn’t surprise me anymore when someone gets run over. I believe the pedestrian has the right of way but I still look to make sure I’m not going to get run over.