Hey. I know that you are the most important person in the whole world. Why else would you be driving 5 miles an hour under the speed limit in the left lane, while texting? But, why oh why, do you have to speed up and not let anyone who might like to drive the speed…
Tag: rental cars
During and after a recent repaving of a major road near where I live in North Tampa; all of the traffic sensors in the road needed to be reinstalled. What that meant is a return to the bad old days of traffic lights changing based strictly on time; a minute for you a minute for…
Well, Irma has come and gone, the only things left are toppled trees, no power, heat, and the crazy drivers. Just because we had a hurricane doesn’t mean that the rules of the road no longer apply. If anything, the rules of the road should be followed even more closely. If the traffic light is…
Well, my two week west coast trip has come to an end; as well as any type of driving sanity. When did stop signs and red lights become optional? Maybe it’s always been this way in Florida and I just never noticed because I’ve been here so long, 30 years. I’m going back to my…
Well, Florida has finally seen fit to address the rental car companies efforts to hide and avoid telling renters what they are paying if they drive their rental car on a toll road. Pam Bondi, the Attorney General of Florida has settled with about half of the rental car companies over these charges; read the…
It’s as simple as this “V(x,p) = v(x)w(p).” Got it? Where V is value and x is a possible outcome…..Ahhh!!!!! This is how tolls work in Florida if you are driving a rental car. The companies are all different except that they are all owned by one another. So check the toll chart for your…
6/9/17 Is it an Innovation if no one Knows? What? A driving innovation from Florida. Well… it’s here in Florida (Tampa) anyway. Traffic lights with a left turn arrow have different settings depending on the intersection. One version has a green left turn arrow which means you can make a “protected” left turn; there should…
Let’s Get Started with a Tip Here’s a driving tip that may only help me. I drive an old Honda Element that has a standard transmission. While I’m sitting in traffic waiting for the red light to change I push in the clutch and put my other foot over the gas. That means my brake…