Welcome to Elevate with Elsner. Join us for inspiring conversations with individuals who have transformed their lives and are making a difference through the work that they do. And now, Welcome back to another episode of Elevate with Elsner. I'm your host, Blake Elsner, and I just got my second speeding ticket. So this episode is going to be brought to you by the state of Alabama. The only state that can humble you quicker than your wife, let me tell you. Because I got a speeding ticket, 76 in a 55. I think I was going about 90 in a 55. Thank God he only let me wrote me 76 and a 55 on a two-lane Alabama highway. So I was mid-pass, head on with the cop. I basically challenged him to a game of chicken, if you really think about it. And guess what? He had more lights than I did and I lost. So instead of just paying the fine, Alabama sent me back to a driver's ed at the age of 33. Husband, dad, business owner, And now apparently a class clown in an online driving school. So when those lights hit my mirror, my stomach, I'm like, it dropped faster than mortgage rates last month. And even though they didn't really drop very much, but you know, cop walks up and he's like, he's like, son, You know, you're, you're lucky I'm in a good mood today because I could ruin your life is pretty much what he said. And, um, but instead I'm just going to make you write an essay and take a class. And that's what I did. So, um, pass you on the hill, hill in Alabama. Um, I, uh, it's not driving. That's, that's. It's auditioning for final destination 12, apparently. So don't want to do that. And, um, wasn't some quick online quiz. Let me tell you, no, they hit me with videos filmed with people flying out of cars, people flying off motorcycles. I mean, people rear-ending other cars, um, you know, not moving over from the sideline. I mean, it was. It was in some of these videos or so. I mean, this was back when AOL was sending CDs still like some of this content. You know, it needs to be updated. It really does. But, you know, the first question was like, true or false, is it is it safe to text and drive? Like, bro, if you get that wrong, I mean, I was just your car should just delete itself. because I wasn't going to get that wrong. I did learn that semis on wet payment need enough stopping distance to fit a Bass Pro Shop inside of it, the middle, because apparently that's a fact that Alabama wanted me to know on the quiz. Pretty strange, but yeah. So also there's another one, drivers who spend, what is it? Drivers who text spend 10% of their time in the wrong lane. So I guess that means like 10% of you, you're just kind of like drifting over to the other lane. Now cars kind of vibrate. Some of those, if you got the vibrating wheel, like push it back over, you know. Which means obviously 90, I guess the other 90%, they're just looking down waiting to crash. I'm not sure. So anyway, the essay. Essay came, 300 words I had to write on what I learned throughout the class. And at 33 years old, I had not written a 300-word essay since college probably. Well, yeah, since college, I would say. And they warned me, don't use AI or we'll detect it. And I'm like, there's no way. How can you detect AI? What are you the, like, no, you're not Harry Potter. Come on. So I'm sitting there like, great, I'll literally own an AI agency. I practice with AI and somehow Alabama's got chat GPT on probation. I'm like, how is this even possible? I don't believe it. I don't believe it. I don't believe it. So I thought about sending in. I learned not to pass on a hill because a cop might be on the other side. And I was like, that's seven words. done. No, instead I'm writing paragraphs like I'm trying to get into Harvard because it, you know, yeah, I'm just not, I'm a great writer, but when you're in trouble writing about your, you know, your mistake, it's a little tougher, right? And I'm like, this course has, uh, impacted my worldview on safely driving and on velocity and decision-making. Um, I don't know, just give me the gold star and let me move on, please. Um, so I don't know the good news, good news. I pass no points, no insurance hike. Um, just a bruised ego and a reminder. that Alabama doesn't play around. So if you're ever driving through Alabama, remember, just slow down. We're not in a hurry. Just turn on Sweet Home Alabama. Well, I guess it's Slow Home Alabama, because yeah. Yeah, that is a good dad joke right there. I survived my dignity. Well, I just finished online classes, so I don't know. Cue the outro music. Russ, hurry up. Thanks so much for tuning into this episode. We sure do appreciate it. If you haven't done so already, make sure you're subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts. This way you'll get updates as new episodes become available. And if you feel so inclined, please leave us a review and tell your