Paying attention behind the wheel is taking a back seat. If you do any commuting at all, you’ve seen them in action: the guy reading the newspaper while driving his car at 60 miles an hour on the freeway or the woman applying her eye makeup while trying to pilot her sport-utility around town. Sure, multi-tasking isn’t just the craze these days; it’s a necessity as we’re confronted with more to do and less time to do it in, but I’m one of the old school who feels that drivers should actually pay attention to driving. After all, each Read more . . .
Spring has sprung. Across the country, flowers are beginning to peek their way out of nascent bushes. Robins are returning from their winter vacations, and another harbinger of the vernal season has started to emerge from the snow and slush–potholes.
Winter weather doesn’t just take its toll on us human beings; it also plays havoc with our roads. Repeated freezing and thawing can chew up a road surface, filling it with holes, some so deep they can easily swallow up a wheel and tire. Often filled with water that Read more . . .