Winter driving habits

Even in our mild part of the carse it has been below freezing. I noticed that this triggered an old habit for me: in the US, where winter weather was rather more severe for us, I developed the habit of keeping the gas tank reasonably topped up: I did not want to be stopped in a tailback behind an collision on the freeway choosing between staying warm and having enough fuel to continue. This morning I caught myself trying to remember if the car has plenty of fuel. (It has a half tank for sure.) I suppose that it makes sense to still have those thoughts seeing as I look forward to returning to the US once our children are fledged.

In Dundee, forty minutes before sunrise I passed a bicyclist without lights. Perhaps they were balanced by the car sitting in the lot at work with its headlamps on. I sometimes wonder what people are thinking.