Back when I was in high-school a friend of mine returned from Miami. He told me that in Miami, any T-Intersection allows the far lane of traffic to drive through the intersection since they will never cross a lane of traffic. (This means that people turning on the road cannot lane hop, however, since that could cause an accident.) Whenever I'm stopped at a T-intersection, especially at night, I tend to remember this. There really is no reason to stop there. However, here in southern Ontario lane hopping is so widely spread that you probably couldn't get away with doing something like ...

I was reading the blog of a friend of mine. The question was posed "do you brush your teeth in the shower?" No! Of course I don't! That's weird--or is it? People have all sorts of ideas about what is proper and not. I remember in one of my OAC classes someone said that they could recite the "proper" way to put on your clothes. That is, what order to put on your sock, underwear, pants, shirt, and so on. I didn't hear the order myself. But, in all honesty, what does it matter? When I was in grade 2 and happily dressing myself, I remember I was putting my socks on. My dad was ...

For the last few weeks I've been driving home just past 1AM after my work shift. As I drive through home I find my self stopped at several red lights with no one else on the road. In fact, the only times I see someone else is when I'm stopped so long at a red light that eventually they catch up to me, or pass me going the other way. So, it occurs to me that whenever traffic volume at an intersection gets low (say, less than 1 car every 60 seconds) all traffic lights in that area should be set to flash red/yellow. So when you go down a main street, you have nothing but flashing yellow ...