Nickey Robo

On Monday night I was sitting in a bar with a TV airing the local news on nearby. I glanced up and noticed they were doing a report on how many car crashes had been caused by the recent icy snow. Last Friday there were 177 crashes, and on Monday there were 96. I’m not sure if this is just the Twin Cities metro area or all of MN, but either way, it’s a heckuva lot.

My jaw just dropped- with numbers like this, why would anyone get in a car!? Can you imagine if there were 177 random stabbings in a day? No one would leave their house! Everyone would be all “watch out, you’ll probably get stabbed out there.” Why on earth are cars and driving so damn normalized that most people are so accepting of the associated risk? I find it absolutely baffling.