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We have new car insurance. To obtain a reduction in the rate for safe driving, the company offers a monitor which attaches to the steering column. The monitor observes the driver's driving practices which fall into 5 "events." If the driver does not accumulate a certain number of these "events", he or she receives a reduction in the insurance rate.

The 5 events include:
Rapid acceleration
Driving between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Excessive speed
Hard braking
Cornering

The driver can review his or her own "events' on the company's web site.
Since I am the only driver in our family, I am the person "monitored."
Well. guess what! I, who consider myself a very safe driver, have accumulated  a number of "events." My "events" fall into 2 categories---"Rapid acceleration" and "hard braking." Though I am a bit annoyed to be called out on those patterns, I also am a bit amused. After all "rapid acceleration" and "hard braking" kind of define my life patterns. I do accelerate rapidly into new adventures which then often requires some "hard braking." Maybe that should be the epitaph on my gravestone... "Rapid acceleration--hard braking."

(In fact, I think this monitor would be very helpful for new teenage drivers!)

What would be an appropriate epitaph on your gravestone? Think about it.

Blessings-Penny