{"id":362,"date":"2012-06-03T02:59:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T02:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/?p=362"},"modified":"2012-06-03T03:48:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T03:48:44","slug":"the-l-plates-come-off-passengers-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2012\/06\/the-l-plates-come-off-passengers-version\/","title":{"rendered":"The L-Plates come off (passenger\u2019s version)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a method for making difficult decisions. We\u2019re both pretty rational people, and if we can\u2019t between us weigh up the pros and cons between two different courses of action and come to a sensible conclusion then &#8230; we toss a coin. The key is this: if we don\u2019t both like the outcome the coin chooses we immediately do the other one. Believe it or not, this actually works surprisingly well.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few days, however, Mr Coin has had it in for Lucy. We have been choosing driving shifts on the coin toss method. I (James) have had beautiful straight interstates through long rolling grasslands with occasional stops for petrol and ice cream. Also, as driver I get to subject Lucy to my truly vast Led Zeppelin collection. Road trips are great!<\/p>\n<p>Lucy, on the other hand has been journeying through an extremely scenic circle of hell reserved for newly passed drivers:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-362 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-Wiggly-Roads.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-Wiggly-Roads-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wiggly roads\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-363\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-363'>\n\t\t\t\tWiggly roads\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.-Bikers-and-roadworks.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.-Bikers-and-roadworks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bikers and roadworks\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-364\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-364'>\n\t\t\t\tBikers and roadworks\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.-Fog-and-Rain.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.-Fog-and-Rain-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fog and rain\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-365\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-365'>\n\t\t\t\tFog and rain\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/04.-Blind-corners.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/04.-Blind-corners-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blind corners\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-366\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-366'>\n\t\t\t\tBlind corners\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/05.-Sudden-hairpins.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/05.-Sudden-hairpins-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sudden hairpins\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-367\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-367'>\n\t\t\t\tSudden hairpins\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/06.-Yet-more-wiggly-roads.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/06.-Yet-more-wiggly-roads-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Yet more wiggly roads\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-368\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-368'>\n\t\t\t\tYet more wiggly roads\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/07.-Satnav-specials.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/07.-Satnav-specials-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Satnav specials\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-369\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-369'>\n\t\t\t\tSatnav specials\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Did we mention the wiggly roads?\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-370\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-370'>\n\t\t\t\tDid we mention the wiggly roads?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/10.-And-shes-still-smiling-what-a-trooper.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/10.-And-shes-still-smiling-what-a-trooper-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Yet she&#039;s still smiling - what a trooper!\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-378\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-378'>\n\t\t\t\tYet she&#8217;s still smiling &#8211; what a trooper!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a method for making difficult decisions. We\u2019re both pretty rational people, and if we can\u2019t between us weigh up the pros and cons between two different courses of action and come to a sensible conclusion then &#8230; we &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2012\/06\/the-l-plates-come-off-passengers-version\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}