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Thank goodness for some rain overnight. I actually can't remember the last time we
had any.
Unfortunately it was not enough and with it now 30C at 11:40am its benefits
will be short lived.
Shane mentioned the hazard of cigarettes.
One behaviour that I have observed is the hotter the weather, the more likely the
smoker/driver is to have the window wound down ashing the cigarette outside.
Anecdotally, I will sometimes come up Pennant Hills Road in Sydney's north
and in the traffic the driver in front of me will periodically stick their arm out - illegal
and distracting in itself - and ash their cigarette.
Then as we all turn into the M1 Pacific Motorway (previously known as the F3)
and accelerate first up to 80km/h and shortly after up to 110km/h, without fail,
out the window the cigarette goes, bouncing and sparking along the freeway.
They then wind their window up to stop the noisy rush of air coming in.
This behaviour is so consistent that I will say to myself or my passenger,
"Wait for it. Wait for it. There it goes", with a near 100% prediction rate.
Unfortunately it is not just an isolated incident but common enough to
be a significant danger.
Perhaps it's pathological.
We have had fires in our own area start in precisely this manner with the grass
on the side of the road becoming set alight. The freeway itself has also been closed
at time due to fires starting in the grass on the sides.
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