Tag: driving
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What If We Just… Removed Speed Limits?
What if we just removed speed limits? A trucker’s 2 a.m. drive kicks off a fair look at trusting drivers, Germany’s autobahn, and the case for and against.
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The Quiet Ones
Some days the drive is forty-five minutes of small talk. Some days it’s forty-five minutes of nothing at all — and it took a lit cigarette and a quiet “thank you” to teach me the second one matters more.
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Why I’d Be a Terrible Counselor
Speed limits. Advice that almost got me beat up. And a counselor’s chair. Three things that have nothing in common. But they do.
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Andy’s Close Call
High school. Acid-washed jeans. Polo shirts, more specifically, Ralph Loren. Bright, loud colors. Mini-skirts. Teased-out hair, if long enough, coated with enough Aquanet to freeze it permanently in place. Jelly shoes, no socks. The Don Johnson Miami Vice look. And more than enough drama to write four seasons of Saved By the Bell or 90210.…
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Choices
The author reflects on the choices and behaviors of drivers and the impact of selfishness and impatience on road safety.