Driving on Highway 43 is tough! For those that don't know, it's the four lane main drag from Florence, AL, through the heart of Lawrenceburg, TN and on into Columbia, TN.

Driving that highway to town, just to go to the store or do anything, is challenging. The speed limit is 35, most everybody does 45. People are constantly turning right into businesses, or using the center divider lane for left side turns.

Sometimes you merge into the inside lane, from the outside lane, at 45 mph, and slam into the back of a horse drawn Amish buggy carrying a family, doing 5 mph, and kill them. While drunk.

That happened to a friend of a friend of mine, shortly after I moved here over four years ago. Devastating for everyone, but you always have to be on Amish watch while driving that highway.

The driver did some time, agreed to enter an Alabama Christian run, alcohol treatment facility for 1.5 years, and he's now out, and straight.

Alright, one life was salvaged, while others were lost. Giving the guy a life sentence would have served nothing. It did raise the Amish visibility issue to the forefront, and we have not had another since!

Here's Hwy 43, heading North, at the busiest intersection in our little town.

There are also a bunch of ways to avoid that nonsense, and I've learned most of them. Sometimes I make this and the adjoining lights, followed by a stoplight free run all the way to Krogers. It's how I get my kicks around here.