Norwich CT Dash Cam

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I can't deny, old-school Chicago is still wonderful to listen to. And yes, the "Peter Cetera Power Ballad" era is good too, even if some of the songs are overplayed to the point of exhaustion. "Stay the Night" for some reason compels me to drive fast. "Look Away" is still a favorite since it was released, and I was just a youngin'. (I looked it up - 1988) Blue Cavalier is a douche. That car will crumple like crepe paper if it rear-ends you. Beginning in '03 these cars had been lightened up enough that they were pretty much tin cans with wheels, sensitive enough that foot-tapping in the passenger front seat would actually cause the car to jiggle slightly while driving down the road. I've owned a '94, my mom had a '97, both felt solid and handled well. A friend bought a new '03 and he let me drive it, I hated it. Too light, suspension too stiff for "spirited" back-road driving, and they even ditched the hydraulic clutch (my friend tried to argue that Cavaliers never had hydraulic clutches, until I popped the hood on my '94 and showed him just how wrong he was). I was not impressed with his fancy-schmancy new Cavalier, nor was I impressed that he rolled the $12,000 balance from his used Beetle on top of the Cavalier payments - to the tune of almost $800/month! And I love Cavaliers, would get another '94 5-speed in a Heartbeat (...of America... Sorry, couldn't help myself!) if I could find one in good condition. Up here in CT, I've got a snowball's chance in you-know-where! 1:50 - I'm sorry for your loss. Even if it was an ex-brother-in-law... 2:33 - I was safe and sound in the garage/man cave/studio, playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, hoping it would all be over before I went out to do papers (and that the power would stay on, which surprisingly, a few flickers but that was it). And I was quite happy that the precipitation remained liquid, can you imagine if that storm had been snow? I remember saying to myself a few times, "it sounds like a Category 3 hurricane outside!" 3:13 - 🎵"Flooowwww of the water... Rainclouds in the sky..." 🎶I imagine it was a bit... Damp?... At Sherman St., Indian Leap, and the rear parking lot at Backus! I have a photo - somewhere - from around 2010 where the only thing you can see in that parking lot is the tippy-tops of the blue emergency call boxes. 4:06 - Totally expected the boat launch to be flooded. **sighs nostalgically** I miss Putt's Up Dock. Not only a fun mini-golf course, but amazing to see how efficiently they used such a small piece of real estate! 5:01 - What's my mom doing there? 5:08 - Nope, not her, wrong plate number. Should've known it wasn't her, because the fog lights are on. She never remembers how to turn them on and asks me every time it gets foggy ("pull the twisty-knob straight out" is my scripted response). Stupid Dodge making the stupid headlight switch automatically disable the stupid fog lights every time you turn it off is stupid. STUPID! 5:39 - I'm gonna have to go listen to that song when your video's over. 6:29 - Hey, you're in Waterford! I got my license renewed at the AAA office over there, they're delightfully efficient and very friendly. I assume that's because they're NOT a state agency... 🤣 Yes, people will tailgate you through the parking lot, go around you while you wait for a pedestrian to cross, all sorts of lunacy. Most of these knuckleheads are using the parking lot to bypass traffic at the Boston Post/Clark Lane light, and then they'll fly past the middle school at 60+. On a good day, you might see a panicked hard brake as they spot Waterford PD doing laser/radar. 😄 I assume, by their driving style, they are actually New London residents coming from Bank Street/Downtown area and avoiding the massive traffic backup caused by decades-old traffic light cycles that force everyone to stop at every single red light in town. It can take 10-12 minutes to drive two miles in New London, at 2:30 AM with zero other cars. Main roads constantly have to stop for red lights with no traffic from side roads. Some intersections automatically run the pedestrian crossing signals at that hour. You can drive ONLY half a block, at 5 over the limit, and watch a light go green-yellow-red in that tiny moment of time. Every light in town runs on the exact same cycle 24/7 unless they've set them to flash for snow plows and/or Sailfest, if you adjust your speed just right from the beginning you can hit every light just as it turns green. You can violate CT state laws mandating a 3-minute maximum idling time just from sitting at a red light at Eugene O'Neill (technically Green St. at that point) & Tilley - if you're on Tilley and want to go to Bank St. New London has massive traffic issues, some of it is dummies and a lack of enforcement, but most of the problems they have could be solved by consulting a traffic flow expert and re-programming the lights more -intelligently- efficiently. I'll get off my soapbox now. The "flash freeze" we had after that rain wasn't a joke, either. The last third of my driveway was still seeing rain runoff from uphill when temps dropped, and it became a two-inch-thick sheet of ice on an incline. Each time I left it was "Wheeee!" for roughly fifty feet, each time I came home it was 4WD and a running start in Reverse (60% success rate on the first attempt). Mom didn't leave the house for six days because if she left, she'd never get her van back up the driveway; she'd have to park at the end and walk through the woods. 52°F to 24°F in six hours. Never seen anything like it before. I hit the roads expecting to find black ice everywhere, but miraculously, the streets were bone-dry. For those who are wondering, and also for those of you who aren't wondering, the "flump-flump" characteristic windshield wiper sound is the squeegee blade flipping to the opposite direction, not the motor or mechanical components. "The More You Know" 🌈🌟

[@eyecamdy]

I miss the Putt's Up Dock mini golf too! Went to the AAA to renew my license & my membership at the same time. Just grateful the storm was all rain and no snow. Sure it's on the way though. Yea, the road system here is so outdated. Rt 12 & Rt 32 were both paved about 5 years ago and already they look worn out from all the heavy traffic use. It was nice while it lasted.

[@NorthernUtahDashcam]

Nice video again!

[@eyecamdy]

Hey NUD!