Zero KPH?

On the corner of Bridge and Mary my speedometer stopped working yesterday - no speed indication, no odometer changes and no trip meter additions - nothing - but my rpm was working and after checking with a mechanic friend (whose advice was to follow the speed of the cars around!) So I continued on, picked up my mate and headed to the coast following another friend on our way to the Australian Outback Spectacular's new show.

It was an odd sensation...Driving along at 100(?) kph I felt like I was being towed by my mate's ute in front of us as I kept speed with them. On the way back (my friends stayed at the coast) I plugged in the "home" location into my gps phone and let that tell me my speed (probably more accurately then my speedometer before it broke!).

Tomorrow my car will hopefully be fixed - but it made me realise how odd it can feel when one of our reference points is missing. I didn't like the sensation of driving with acurate knowledge of my speed, other than to hope my friend and his girlfriend's ute was travelling the signed speed (especially when we passed a police radar). Sure, I had other reference points - but it wasn't the same.

The past week was crap - it felt just like driving along at 0kph, and unfortunately, also like my car I didn't correct when restarted in the morning.



[stop now should you wish to excape the cheesy ending]



This coming week though WILL be better... Like my car I have a mechanic to go to *cheese :D*