For 5 years, I commuted over 120 miles to work every day on the I-95 in South Florida. I saw everything from refrigerators, couches, wheel chairs, and laundry machines lying in the middle of the highway. I am not exactly sure how this debris even makes its way off or to the side of the road. Nobody makes any effort around here to report these hazards or to even slow down traffic. They swerve as fast as possible at the last possible moment and jus keep on driving (so as to not tip off any trailing drivers of the danger that lurks ahead.) The thing that fascinates me the most about South Florida driver’s is their inability to understand the basic principles of aerodynamics namely - drag and lift.

I can’t even begin to count the number of times I have seen people driving with mattresses on the roof of their car. Is there some kind of underground business  that generates money transporting mattresses on the highway that I am unaware of? Why isn’t there a rule or law that prohibits the transportation of mattress in anything other than a truck? Don’t mattress vendors pickup your old mattress when you buy a new one for free?

A mattress is like a poorly designed airplane wing. When attached to the top of your car only two things can happen either the mattress or the roof of your car is going to fly away. Based on preliminary calculations the car below could actually get airborne at speeds over 85 miles an hour.

I have even seen people driving with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand holding down the mattress through the driver’s side window.  This demonstrates zero understanding of physics and extremely dangerous behavior. If you don't understand how dangerous it is to drive with a mattress afixed to the roof of your car search google or read the following articles. 

Fallen Mattress Leads to Accident
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20030818/ai_n11801671

Mattress Causes Road Accident
http://mattresszine.com/mattress-news/mattress-causes-road-accident/

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