Posts Tagged “driving”

On Risk Tolerance

By | April 8, 2010

Many studies have proven that driving while talking on your cell phone increase your likelihood of getting in an accident — to the same levels as drunk driving.  In response, state governments did the responsible thing and passed laws against cell phone driving.  After the laws went into effect, drivers were mostly compliant, and law [...]

Read more »

Other People’s Traffic

By | March 29, 2010

Have you ever found yourself on the road, making great time, minding your own business, and then WHAM you’re stuck in someone else’s traffic jam? Last week I went up skiing, which was awesome, but got myself caught in the middle of Sacramento’s evening rush hour on the way home.  Aside from Sacramento, I’ve been [...]

Read more »

Worst License Plate Holder Ever

By | February 12, 2010

We’ve all seen cars with custom license plate frames.  They’re little bits of metal and plastic to subtly offer other drivers a glimpse into our personalities.  A custom license plate holder is a form of self-expression, and I’m all about it. Your license plate holder might say: Where you bought your car.  I like these [...]

Read more »

Homeward Bound

By | December 22, 2009

homeward bound

What ever happened to heading south for winter?  We’re off on our 825 mile journey today.  Hopefully there won’t be much snow and we can beat Google’s estimated 12 hrs and 44 minutes.

Read more »

Slow Mergers

By | October 27, 2009

Slow mergers are drivers who attempt to enter the freeway at speeds well below the pace of traffic.  There are very few possible reasons why slow mergers do what they do: They don’t understand how the freeway works They’re suicidal They want to save gas I want to rule out the first two by assuming [...]

Read more »

“I Go Back” Songs

By | October 14, 2009

I have these songs that for some reason strike a pretty vivid memory of a particular time and place.  In Kenny Chesney’s song “I Go Back,” he sings about the different memories of places and stages of his life triggered by certain songs — Jack and Diane, Rock ‘n Me, and Only the Good Die [...]

Read more »