Last month, I had a white knuckle ride from North Seattle down to Renton. It involved coming down I-5 South, crossing the 520 bridge and then hopping onto I-405 South.
Anyone around here knows, in the mid-afternoon 405 south can be a real bear, especially at the I-90 junction. On I-405, I was trying to get over to the far left HOV lane. Traffic was crawling along and no-one would let me jump a lane. Saw the usual assortment of people yakking away on their cellphones, oblivious to their surroundings. But what got me was seeing some lady cruise by me, a yellow steno pad on her steering wheel and she was furiously writing away on it.
I made sure she was good and past me, before I got over a lane. Fortunately, someone in a Jeep SUV backed off and let me switch lanes. Real nice person, gave them a friendly wave later.
