Where A Driver Is From:
One hand on wheel,
one hand on horn:
CHICAGO
One hand on wheel,
middle finger out window:
NEW YORK
One hand on wheel,
middle finger out window,
cutting across all lanes of traffic:
NEW JERSEY
One hand on wheel,
one hand on newspaper,
foot solidly on accelerator
BOSTON
One hand on wheel,
one hand on nonfat
double decaf cappuccino,
cradling cell phone,
brick on accelerator,
gun in lap:
LOS ANGELES
Both hands on wheel,
eyes shut,
both feet on brake,
quivering in terror:
OHIO,
but driving in
CALIFORNIA
Both hands in air,
gesturing,
both feet on accelerator,
head turned to talk to
someone in back seat:
ITALY
One hand on 12oz. double shot latte,
one knee on wheel,
cradling cell phone,
foot on brake,
mind on radio game,
banging head on steering wheel
while stuck in traffic:
SEATTLE
One hand on wheel,
one hand on hunting rifle,
alternating between both feet
being on the accelerator
and both feet on brake,
throwing McDonald's
bag out the window:
TEXAS
Four-wheel drive pick-up truck,
shotgun mounted in rear window,
beer cans on floor,
squirrel tails attached to antenna:
OKLAHOMA
Two hands gripping wheel,
blue hair barely
visible above windshield,
driving 35 on the Interstate
in the left lane
with the left blinker on:
FLORIDA
One hand on wheel,
one hand on horn:
CHICAGO
One hand on wheel,
middle finger out window:
NEW YORK
One hand on wheel,
middle finger out window,
cutting across all lanes of traffic:
NEW JERSEY
One hand on wheel,
one hand on newspaper,
foot solidly on accelerator
BOSTON
One hand on wheel,
one hand on nonfat
double decaf cappuccino,
cradling cell phone,
brick on accelerator,
gun in lap:
LOS ANGELES
Both hands on wheel,
eyes shut,
both feet on brake,
quivering in terror:
OHIO,
but driving in
CALIFORNIA
Both hands in air,
gesturing,
both feet on accelerator,
head turned to talk to
someone in back seat:
ITALY
One hand on 12oz. double shot latte,
one knee on wheel,
cradling cell phone,
foot on brake,
mind on radio game,
banging head on steering wheel
while stuck in traffic:
SEATTLE
One hand on wheel,
one hand on hunting rifle,
alternating between both feet
being on the accelerator
and both feet on brake,
throwing McDonald's
bag out the window:
TEXAS
Four-wheel drive pick-up truck,
shotgun mounted in rear window,
beer cans on floor,
squirrel tails attached to antenna:
OKLAHOMA
Two hands gripping wheel,
blue hair barely
visible above windshield,
driving 35 on the Interstate
in the left lane
with the left blinker on:
FLORIDA