Texting While Driving: You Are an Idiot
Idiot. Jackass. Jerk. Moron. You pick. That’s you if you’re texting on, looking at or even holding your phone while driving. Straight up. We’re getting further away from the days when cell phones didn’t exist. And now we can’t put them down when we’re at a restaurant, in a movie theater or behind the wheel of a car. We survived a millennium without needing to know who called, who texted or who emailed every single moment of the day…annnnnd now we can’t seem to ever be without our phone. There are some telltale signs that someone is using their phone while driving: they tend to drive slow(er) and/or weave around the lane they’re in or, worse, inch into another lane. A driver moved in front of me in the fast/left lane and slowed to the point that I was forced to pass him on the right [a whole other blog topic]. I looked over as I went by – to, of course, deliver a nasty look– and he’s…
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Dear speedster, listen to me
A recent column in the Baltimore Sun grabbed my attention. Paula Beres, a mother and grandmother and a retired librarian, wrote about the people who use the highway -- in her case I-95 -- as a speedway - like, 'I am going to weave in and out of traffic as fast as I can and maybe I'll even race…
Quit Riding Your Brakes
Do people who ride their brakes drive you as crazy as they do me? Probably not. But that’s why I write the blog and you don’t. I fantasize about being able to 'talk' to those drivers (and many others) and ask them why they do it. Not only do other drivers not know what the heck you are doing when…
Signals: Use Them, I’m not a Mind Reader
Signal: anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.* As in, say, a blinker. This is a really big deal to me because, it would appear, blinkers have become optional. Are they actually optional? Depends on your state. Here’s the thing. I…
The Left Lane: Chances are, You Need to Get Out of It
Have you ever been driven (pun intended) to flash your brights at someone in front of you going too darn slow in the left lane? Ok, well, I only use it as a last resort, but…. The left lane is the passing lane. Meaning, in regular traffic circumstances, you go there to pass someone moving slower…