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Are You Kidding?
I live in a neighborhood with lots of children. The speed limit, posted in several places within this small suburban space, is 20 miles per hour. It is rather challenging to drive at that slow speed. I’m fairly sure that’s the point. Maintaining 20 …
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Corporate Advocacy via AT&T for Safe Driving
Congratulations to AT&T for their colorful, vibrant campaign to bring attention to the very real dangers of texting and driving. www.itcanwait.com The site is directed to a teen audience and features Victoria Justice (if you haven’t heard of her you don’t spend enough time with youngsters) as …
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Butterfly Bellies
This morning my Facebook page was adorned with pictures of kids. Grandparents, Parents, Aunts and Uncles posted their little ones’ images in their fresh-from-Target-back-to-school duds, new backpacks slung over shoulders, big toothy grins on their lips and a jumble of butterflies in their bellies. I …
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Don’t Zone Out!
School supplies are being gathered. Maybe a new outfit. There’s that smell of erasers and jitters in the air. Students, teachers, parents and commuters will be sharing the same space at the same time. This is not the time for you to zone out! Because children are unpredictable …
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Portrait of a Driver (and I don’t mean that in a good way!)
The other day I passed a motorist on the interstate who could possibly be “the poster child” for bad driving! Nothing drives me crazy as much as a “left-laner”, and this guy was hugging the far left lane for all he was worth. No. No, he was …
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A Change of Attitude
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou For a lot of us the morning looks like this: Get up. Gulp down some coffee. Maybe a bit of breakfast. Rush to dress the kids, pour kibble …
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Prime Real Estate
Yep, they’re irritating. The “Left Laner!” The driver who gets glued to the left lane like it’s his personal property then goes to la-la-land for the next hundred miles while traffic turns into a slow moving ooze. Don’t be a Left-Laner; PASS on the left …
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Blink…blink…blink
You know that lever that sticks out on the left side of the steering column? At just about the 9 o’clock position? It’s called a blinker. Use it! If you push it up, people know you’re going to go right. If you pull it down …
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Distracted much?
Enough said! The Road Sage understands that the lure of multi-tasking is strong. But. When you are driving, just drive. Otherwise, you are distracted and a danger to yourself and all the rest of us who share the road with you! A Time Before …
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The Yield Sign
The yield sign is misunderstood and often ignored. The yield sign tells you that the road you are on joins with another road ahead. The “rules” say that you should slow down, even stop if necessary, to give the right-of-way to vehicles on the other …