Ow.

I checked my helmet for a target. My guess is that I'm the only one who can't see it.

Today I was hit in the head with several things that people nonchalantly tossed out of the windows of their cars while driving. The things I recognized were:

3 lit cigarettes

A fast food cup, complete with leftover ice and straw

A Kleenex/napkin, wadded up as if used

I personally saw these items leave the hands of careless drivers to impact my head only a fraction of a moment later. There were several more items, not personally witnessed, that bounced off various body parts, one of which scared the holy hell (now there's a disassociative term) out of me when it hit my safety glasses (still have no clue what it was, but I sure didn't see it until it was RIGHT THERE).

The obvious community service message about littering probably does not need to be reiterated here. I'm am positive that every single one of those people knew that throwing their personal garbage out the window at a high rate of speed is not okay. And the lit cigarettes? We've been in Red Flag status since the middle of January and the recent rain did little to ameliorate it. Apparently San Diegans have already forgotten how many of us lost our loved ones and homes in 2003.

It's about SAFETY, people!! Mine, in particular (today, anyway)... but everyone's as a general rule.

:::::sigh:::::

All of that notwithstanding, I have to say that I'm disappointed in my fellow humans today. And thankful for our helmet law!!