Over 3 Million Tickets Dismissed
Have you ever leaked something? Leaking oil (out into the Gulf) leaking diaper, leaking something out of your pants? OK, that was a little over the line, but think about the word “leak.” It just sounds nasty, L-E-A-K [Leek] The word “leak’ is synonymous with “damaged” something is wrong and it needs attention, it needs…
I was driving down a lonely highway in the middle of the Louisiana Bayou, somewhere between Morrow and Opelousas. Ghost fog would blanket with a haunting surprise that no headlights could warn. You couldn’t see the front of the hood with this thick, evil fog. I’ve seen horror movies that start out this way. After…
OK, this one’s for my counter culture, artists, renegades and rouges. It’s in our basic nature to defy authority and signs that warns us of danger. You know the Scorpion and the Frog? “… It’s our character!” We will never change. Everything from cigarette warning labels to speed limit signs, we give the one finger…
Just the other day I was on the freeway on ramp, when this guy in front of me is doing 30mph on the entrance ramp! How in the (Insert the name of a warm place here) does this jerk think he is going to merge on the freeway at that speed? The speed limit is…
Driving in bad weather is a major cause of accidents around the country, wow, bet you didn’t know that, right?! When it ices over drivers act like it’s the start of the apocalypse. They slam on their brakes on iced over bridges and over passes. “WOOHOO! GET READY FOR THE RIDE!” All you have to…
As a defensive driving instructor, I hear all kinds of driver pet peeves. One of the most common driving pet peeves has to be tailgating. But when you have a room full of speed demons and traffic outlaws, what do you think is the number one driving-nuisance? Oh course, “slow drivers” or the “really slow drivers”…
I’ve had a few students in Defensive Driving that have received red light camera tickets and speeding tickets by camera in Arizona. Do you think red light cameras are a good thing? Some people do and others don’t, the ones who don’t are usually the ones who think the yellow light means “SPEED UP!!” But come on,…