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Commentary2023-06-21T12:57:26-04:00

Following the Wrong Leader

Thursday afternoon, I left Charlotte, North Carolina, with my grandson Sam. He was driving his gray Honda Civic and I was following in my white Buick Envision SUV. We were headed back to my place in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, a good two hour journey.
          I had made this trip many times, and when Remount Road intersected with U.S. Highway 74, I knew to turn left toward the entry ramp unto Interstate 85 South. So I eased over into the left turn lane. But that Honda Civic did not; it stayed in the center lane and went straight through the intersection. “He must know a short cut,” I surmised to myself, altering lanes in the middle of the intersection …

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