Category Archives: driving

Dec1

running on empty?

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missing the point: man in germany drives to driving test

A man in Germany has discovered the hard way that it’s best to get a driving license first before trying to use it. Police in Bergheim, near Cologne, said Tuesday that the 37-year-old drove himself to his driving test, parking an Opel Zafira outside the test center in front of an astonished examiner.

They said he told police officers who were called to the scene on Monday that he had only driven because he wanted to make sure to get to the driving test on time.

His test was immediately called off. The man now faces an investigation for driving without a license. Police also opened an investigation of the car’s owner.

 

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“perspective is worth 80 iq points”

-alan kay

 

 

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source credit: ap- berlin

Nov22

twists and turns.

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 i love that someone has created a poster

with some of our more interesting twists and turns

 and wonder about the mindset

of the road planning engineers.

were they perhaps going for

 more of an ‘artsy’ and unexpected approach to the roads?

more like the road of life?

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“life is full of surprises and serendipity. being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. if you try to plan every step, you may miss these wonderful twists and turns. just find your next adventure – do it well, enjoy it, and then, not now, think about what comes next.”

-Condoleezza Rice – Former U.S. Secretary of State

Sep23

parking space.

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that feeling of joy you get

when you score the perfect parking space

your car just squeezes in

and it’s the last one. 

 

 

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“the road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

will rogers

 

Aug3

middle of the road.

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road plan haiku

this plan gives me pause

some things better on paper

may not go as planned.

 

 

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“the middle of the road is where the white line is – and that’s the worst place to drive.”

-robert frost

Jan22

do you remember?

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who remembers this?

sitting backwards

making faces

rolling around on turns

cigarette smoke-filled air

fighting over who could sit there

the door that swung open

back window down

best seat ever.

 

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“like all great travelers, i have seen more than i remember, and remember more than i have seen.”

-benjamin disraeli

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: doyouremember.com

Jan2

kart.

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i got a lovely holiday card from my dear friend

sharing all of her family’s news

including her oldest daughter

taking her driver’s ed training online

 all i can picture is mario kart.

actual humans in tokyo, mario-karting on the road

clearly someone had the same vision.

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“most of american life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.”

-john updike

 

 

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image credits: nintendo/mario kart, google images japan

Dec15

flivver.

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 the pinto wagon

pea-soupy green

wood-ish sides

bare bones edition

shared with sibs

junk food

single shoes

lost school papers

hand crank windows

no air

sometimes heat

as many friends as we could jam in

 rockin’ our fm-converter

 a drag-racing ticket 

but it had wheels 

took us places

 this was our flivver.

had a number of flivvers

over the years

but none 

carried the memories

like this one. 

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do you remember your flivver?

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FLIVVER:

Part of Speech- Noun

Origin – Unknown, early 20th century

Definition – A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.

 

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“a car for every purse and purpose.”

-alfred p. sloan

 

 

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credits: google image, wordgenius.com

Mar10

why worry, why hurry?

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driver pulled over with license plate that expired in 1997 tells police, “I’ve been busy lately.”

 

Apparently, some people in Louisiana are incredibly busy.

How busy?

Too busy to replace a license plate that expired in 1997.

“We can’t make this stuff up,” officers with the Slidell Police Department said. “We discovered the illegal plate during a routine traffic stop.”

“For those of you who like to “switch tags”, at least give us a good challenge and don’t use a license plate that is over 20 years old and expired back in 1997,” officers added.

It’s a hilarious bit of real-life shenanigans police deal with on a daily basis. But it’s the drivers response that really provides some laughs.

“Sorry, officer. I’ve been busy lately and totally forgot to renew my vehicle registration,” he reportedly told police. “I will take care of it as soon as I get home.”

Slidell, located in the St. Tammany Parish, is on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It is part of the New Orleans−Metairie−Kenner Metropolitan Area.

It’s a long way from Michigan, but like Michiganders, Slidell residents must also change their license plate tabs annually.

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“bad excuses are worse than none.”

-thomas fuller

 

 

 

 

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credits: mlive,brandon champion

Oct21

safe passage.

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sign found on a trip to the farm. 

might be good advice for all drivers on the road

not just the young pedal car drivers on the track.

 

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“I simply go about my passage swiftly and silentlwith a certain deliberate, dark efficiency.” 

-george carlin

Sep26

accidents.

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along the way on my weekday drive

there is often a traffic mishap or accident

and if I begin to worry about being late

or get annoyed by the hold up

  i think about how the person/people involved must feel

how their life instantly changed in that moment

they were just having an ordinary day

and then

this happened

maybe they were

headed to work

to visit someone

leaving for a vacation

going to a celebration

helping someone

so many possibilities

 i’ve got no room to complain 

 nothing to worry about

puts it all right back into perspective

so i listen to my music and sit with my gratitude.

 

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“since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents,

it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well. “

-john paul jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

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