New to Nashville

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

1. Nashville freaks out about gas.

(Image courtesy of gravyboats via Flickr)

How is that the rest of the country hums along fine while 85 percent of Nashville gas stations are out of gas?

I even witnessed a gas run. Cars followed a gas truck to a Shell station. More descended upon the Shell on White Bridge Road like locusts. Traffic backed up for a mile. Within an hour, the Shell was left desolate as before and, you guessed it, completely out of gas. Relax people!

Gov. Phil Bredesen issued a statement on Friday afternoon saying the pipeline to Nashville, which had been full only sporadically since Hurricane Ike hit Texas, was running at full capacity.

But Bly said that if people are panic-buying and constantly topping off their tanks that could put a strain on supply even under normal conditions.

2. Nashville loves its Chick-fil-A

I drove by the Chick-fil-A in Cool Springs about a week ago.

There was a police officer directing traffic in their drive-through lane.

That’s one I wish I had video of.

3. Nashville does not know how to merge.

This one is a lesson I’ve learned from my daily 20-minute commute from West Nashville to Cool Springs.

For some reason, Nashville drivers believe the best way to merge onto 440 from 40, or 65 from 40, is by coming to a complete stop, putting on their blinker, and looking over their shoulder to make sure there’s a break in the 70-mph traffic to their left - a strategy that is, at best, flawed.

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