You know what I just barely avoided hitting on the highway today? A freaking bucket! Luckily I was able to react fast enough to change lanes and avoid the bouncing bucket of doom. This just goes to show, it's always a good idea to know where cars are in relation to you; in case you need to change lanes in a hurry.

Another thing, I had a schradenfreude moment when I saw the car that was behind me hit the bouncing bucket of doom and actually get it stuck underneath their bumper (I guess it must have been the adrenaline and joy of not hitting the bucket myself).

Today I saw two things on the highway that shouldn't have been there. One of them is inexcusable, and the other was recent; thus, understandable.

A) Another tire, WTF!!!!. At least this one wasn't bouncing around. It was actually lying flat on the ~30cm (1ft) wide painted divider that separates the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane from the 'regular' people.

Every seen a tire on the highway? I don't mean the kind attached to a car ... I'm talking about the kind that just detached itself from a car. I'm also talking about the kind that's bouncing around from car to car on the highway!!!

And you know what's worse than just seeing one of these bouncing bumper busters? What's worse is actually hitting one because you can't react fast enough and change lanes to get out of the way.