Jed! Don't scare nobody like that! Heaven's sakes! Glad you and the instruments are all right- I second the opinion on getting a checkup, just in case.

Here in Tennessee you can be arrested for "driving while impaired" which, as I understand, includes influences other than alcohol, such as medicine that might make you sleepy.

Several of our laws have changed over the last few years but I don't know how much good it's done. When you revoke someone's license, guess what? They drive without a license. Maybe they get caught, maybe they don't. And I think, people get off more often than not.

A few years ago, the son of one of our board members was struck by a van and killed as he was crossing the street in downtown Nashville. The man who hit him was drunk, and had already had his license revoked. And guess what else?

He had 65 prior offenses, most of them drug-related.

65. Sixty-five. Let me say that again, in case you missed it. SIXTY-FIVE. He shouldn't have been out in public at all.

He's in jail now, though, for sure. But he had to kill someone first.

When I was young and invincible, I drove when I shouldn't have. There were times when I had the presence of mind to ask someone to drive me instead. Nowadays, I am much more judicious in my choices.