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…
Hiding Behind Those (Tinted) Windows
Tinted car windows, especially the completely dark ones, drive me crazy. In my experience on the roads, it has given the driver of that car license to do really stupid and careless things on the road and no one can see who the culprit is. Drivers already have a decent level of anonymity. Behave…
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…
Avoid Tunnel Vision When Tunnel Driving
“Tunnel structures offer significant economic, social, and environmental advantages over the other more commonly employed highway structure alternatives…” So why would I be required to write about tunnels? It’s pretty straightforward [pun intended, get it?]. I mean, yes, it is an 'enclosed road…
Don’t Hit the Dang Deer
You know that old saying, “deer in the headlights?” I don’t know about you, but I live in an area where there is a TON of deer. And, this is the time of year where you see them out and about a lot ‘cause their breeding season is in full swing. You also see a lot of dead ones, hit by cars, sadly…
Halloween Driving
I came across a timely article while doing research for another blog entry today. Halloween is later this week. I’d never really thought of Halloween in relation to driving, but low and behold, there is a connection! A “AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analysis of national pedestrian fatality…
Is Drunk Driving Still a Thing?
I don’t know about you, but I guess I sort of thought that drunk driving was a thing of the past. I mean, with emergence of Uber and Lyft, why would anyone ever drive a car while intoxicated? It’s just so stupid and unnecessary. Well, apparently it is still a thing. I know this because I recently…
#MoveOver for Emergency Vehicles
I choose to believe that the majority of drivers don’t know what to do when an emergency vehicle is in their midst, lights flashing, sirens blaring. Why else would they stupidly just keep driving like nothing is happening? Some people think they know what to do – get over – but they don’t always…
Crossing the Line(s)
In life, people cross the line all the time. The roads are no different. Most of us had to take drivers education. Yes? So, one of the basic things we learn in drivers ed is what the different line colors and types mean. “Highway markings, used alone or to supplement other traffic control devices,…
Granny, Get Out My Way!
You may have read about Britain’s 97-year-old Prince Philip’s recent car accident. The incident got international headlines, rightly so, and once again begged the question: when are you too old to drive? In 2017, people 65 and older made up 18% of all traffic fatalities. And, some studies claim…