With Labor Day now securely behind us, we've turned that proverbial corner that usually brings changes well beyond the weather. Granted, the scorching hot and horribly humid days are behind us -- at least mostly behind us, although a few remain -- the real change this time of the year usually comes in people's attitudes. Summer vacation season is over, the kids are back in school, football season is in full swing and a lot of those projects that have been postponed or ignored because "it's just too darn hot," will now be tackled.
Sooner, rather than later, it'll be darker, soon. And, already, school buses are back on the road. And, if we're being more honest than we'd like to admit, fall and winter brings about a seasonal depression that can often lead folks to drink more than usual. Add all those things up and it makes our roads a bit more dangerous than usual.