Naughty Boy Speeding Awareness course in the snow.

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A good while before dawn today I arose and sallied forth to attend my Naughty Boy Speeder Safety Awareness Course - I was caught bombing through sleepy Ballygally at 37 mph a few months ago. Most of these courses are conducted on line, but I elected to attend an in person course because I didn’t want to cut the eyes out of myself slouching over my phone for 3 hours. And I’m tech phobic. The course was in a hotel 30 minutes drive from me and started at the ridiculous hour of 8am. So I set out in the dark and it started to snow. I put on the sat nav on my phone and a pleasant sounding young man led me up over a snow bound mountain pass since that was the most direct route. Be wary of pleasant sounding young men. Anyway I got there with 5 snowy minutes to spare and the course happened, with a few noteworthy observations. The gender balance was interesting - 4 women and 20 men. I also expected all attendees to be like me - tech phobic and aging. But no. There were quite a few young boy racer types and I’m not sure why they opted for the in person show. And one man fell asleep several times and got told off each time. It was not me. And now I’m a very speed-aware driver.