What is it about the rain?

The street in front of the White House is closed. The Secret Service cop or whoever told me to take the sidewalk up 15th, I didn’t think to retort, “That’s illegal here” until I was out of earshot. I took the street instead. But then one clown turning left onto 15th almost didn’t yield to me, then two more clowns decided the red left turn arrows off 15th were just suggestions to be ignored. Any one of these things would be typical on an average commute, but it seems my number of near misses due solely to driver ignorance or negligence goes WAY up when it’s raining.

It should be illegal to drive in the rain in this city.