Basic Driving

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…


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…