Not only does Mississippi not fight with us over water, it doesn’t fight with us over traffic either. Our neighbor to the west and Tennessee have joined Alabama in a “Take Back Our Highways” blitz during this Thanksgiving holiday week starting … yesterday. Yes, that’s why you saw a bunch of troopers on the road during your commute. The crackdown continues through Sunday. So we say without apologies, don’t be a “turkey” and get a ticket. Besides, who wants to meet a state trooper upset about missing his grandmother’s pumpkin pie.

Birmingham News staffer Stan Diel provided even more reasons to slow down this week in Monday’s paper.

Hint, be extra careful on the roads today.