Who's first?
There have been times in life when "rules" just seemed to aggravate me. I wanted so desperately to just ignore them all and have a little "fun"! I imagine I am not alone in this frustration - if you were totally honest, you sometimes wonder what value the rules played! Well, even when we don't fully understand the rules, they play an important part in our safety. For example, driving down an open highway at a straight stretch allows speeds of 75 miles per hour. Why? The road is straight, you can see oncoming traffic, and you have less chances of losing control of your vehicle when you are going in a straight line! Now, get on a winding road, tall trees all around, with the road barely built into the side of the mountain. You may WANT to drive at 75 miles per hour so you'd get to your destination faster, but there are all kinds of barriers in your way. There is the line of cars in front of you, "crawling" at a mere 50 miles per hour (the ...