On Monday, July 12, I rented a ZipCar for an hour to go grocery shopping. During the half hour I was in the store, some asshole thief put a grapefruit-sized dent in the bumper of the ZipCar and drove off without leaving any contact information. I called ZipCar immediately on my cell phone. The rep… Read More: Yet another positive ZipCar experience »
It’s quite convenient that they label their vehicles “mayor’s office” so it’s easy to see when our mayor’s staff is giving us peons the finger, eh?
To: letterstotheeditor@bostonherald.com To the editor: It has been painful to watch the avalanche of flawed statistics and discredited urban legends wielded by opponents of a primary enforcement seat-belt law in their foolhardy efforts to stop a law which would undeniably save lives. Jonah Goldberg informs us that since there are states with higher traffic fatality… Read More: Seat belt law opponents are either idiots or liars »
On the topic of mandatory periodic retesting of senior citizens when they renew their driver’s licenses, my wife recently had this letter printed in the Boston Herald (under the completely nonsensical headline “Rights watered down”, thus proving yet again that the Herald really needs to hire some better headline writers): Over a decade ago, it… Read More: Letting blind people drive »
Four teens were killed, and a fifth critically injured, in a single-vehicle car accident in Leicester last Friday night. The driver of the car was traveling at over twice the speed limit. The local high school principal was quoted in the paper as saying, “It’s not like they did anything wrong.” I just sent the… Read More: Speed kills »
Approaching a red light on Washington St. at the intersection with Waverly Ave. near Newton Corner. Thought the two cars riding the yellow line at the red light were turning left (cars often don’t signal turns at that intersection, or for that matter anywhere else in the Boston area). Started to pass them on the… Read More: Beating a ticket »
My family is in the middle of a two-week visit to Israel. Today is my “day off” to spend by myself, and of course, where else would I spend it than at an Internet cafe checking my email :-)? I’m not one of those avid bloggers who must record every detail of his vacation, but I… Read More: The quintessential Israel experience »
Hi, boys and girls! It’s time for another exciting episode of Driving etiquette that everybody should know, but most people don’t seem to!Today’s episode is Don’t block the box!This episode is based on driving rule that’s so simple that it can be explained in a single sentence: Don’t enter an intersection if there isn’t room… Read More: Don’t block the box! »
Here’s your etiquette quiz for the day…. You get home from work. You park your car on your street. You get out of the car and notice that you could have pulled forward a few more feet. What do you do? “I never check whether I parked properly.” Go in the house and have dinner.… Read More: Pull up a few feet! »