Over 3 Million Tickets Dismissed
Trusting Other Drivers I don’t know about you, but I have trust issues. And I certainly don’t trust other drivers around me while they are texting, tailgating, road raging, etc. How comfortable do you feel telling the person driving you around that they should not be texting while driving? Especially when they have passengers…
Riding In The Back Of A Pickup Truck Two years ago, when the Texas Governor vetoed the no texting bill, it was a heavy blow and, as far as I am concerned, a big step backward. But I was even more shocked to hear that he had actually passed another bill that prohibits someone from…
Trip Planning for Tourist Traps What a novel idea Walt Disney had when he chose to have every ride at Disney World exit through a gift shop. Walt Disney World is the ultimate tourist trap. And, being located in the state with the highest population of senior citizens, it’s likely the most dangerous driving excursion…
Learn some traffic signal (lights) information! Traffic signals (lights) were first installed in 1868 in London, England. The English are always the first at everything. They’re always first at drinking you under the table, first at driving on the wrong side of the road (perhaps also due to drinking), and first at speaking English, of…
Distracted Drivers Would you please turn down the radio! My father’s words still ring in my ears from my high school days when I’d listen to Cheech and Chong … “Dave’s not here…” And Iron Butterfly’s “Innagadadavida.” We’d spin the disc backwards on the turntable (they called it an “album” then) because we were told…
Here in Texas, you absolutely must have automobile liability insurance, or what they call “financial responsibility” … it’s the law. Two things that stay on your driving record indefinitely are a DWI (fair enough…that makes sense) and no proof of liability insurance. And it stays on your driving record…forever! We also have what they call…
Road Safety – Teens and Cars My father taught me how to drive. And he was also a drunk driver, so I learned to weave and drift across three lanes at an early age. He’d set his beer can on the center of the dashboard and no joke, say “Now line that up with the…
Vehicle Maintenance Vehicle maintenance, here’s something that is a sensitive subject with me. When I was given this job to write an article titled a worn timing belt. Just the word “belt” sends me into a fetal position. That was a word that was used way too often when I was a bad kid. And,…
Vehicle Maintenance – Tire Pressure Tire Pressure, Tire Pressure, Where Art Thou Tire Pressure! I know only too well the results of not keeping your tires in check. Not only will keeping your tires filled with the required amount of air (or helium if you drive a smart car) help you to maintain better…
A car, like the human body, consists of fluids required to keep it running. Not beer or Jack Daniels as one would think, but water, oil, eye drops for your windscreen and stuff like that. When the car is not running well, it will leak its fluids. Just like a human (where the heck is…