Feeling, all congested, stuffy, otherwise nauseated? 

(Un)join the crowd! While initially an invitation to wider, open lanes and spaces, it’s increasingly a topic of government ordering, an edict even…co-muter lanes, followed by the return of user fees…depending on when and where you go in or out, of various clogged up areas, you will pay what we all got used to paying as a ‘fuel additive’ — not one adding quality but one just boosting the price you paid, at the pump. Now, despite pumping our own, you’ll still feel the bump, in the road…

Keep your eye out for explosive materials... 

Not tarrif-ic news: that the future is in, as Mr. Robinson said, “one word…plastics” And the future, as it turns out, is YOU…as we all have traces of all kinds of foreign materials in us...as in parts per million, or so…so says the FDA…Whereas the EPA…another arm of government that looks out, for us…regulates what goes in the tank and how far it might take us, when, and now where, as it turns out…all of us at once, no where to turn…

Try, as you might (or, "you may find it useful") to: 1) Create some distance -- as in one of the basic law of physics that our "Driver's Ed." (all went by the same first name) tried to drill into us, as they im-pressed the brake on their side..."it takes ...to brake...based on what the speed-ometer is telling you”..."Slow the #$^& down!" Or. more calmly, after they eased up on their emergency brake...#?car links for every  #?mph ...which didn’t account for the vehicle in your path being an 18 wheeler ...subject  to "back up at any time…” 🫣

Or, in the case you ar simply a pedestrian or out pedaling, simply trying to get a breath of fresh air…And what did the locals suggest as Rx: "Try...getting used to it..." At least it was implied in what we witnessed, by all those who were rearranging themselves as to get a better “southern exposure” and the rest who seemed indifferent, or after we inquired “not the least bit interested” in the AQI…sponsored daily by the EPA, to indicate whether it’s safe, if not healthy for “sensitive” individuals-talk about a controlled burn!  And, once that’s tried and failed, go with what’s trending in the social media…3) try being more insensitive…via repeated Ex-posure, helps to  keep your composure, bye directionally…

Parallel lanes: but divided by a median…veiling those heading north-bound better get ready for falling temps — “bottoming out” whereas those going south might not anticipate all the bottoms, falling out. Some adapt quicker than others, to the ever changing environment…

Just takes…some “getting used to”🙄