Better Gas Mileage

So I’m a decent driver. I grew up in a home where cars-hot rods and trucks and the like-were respected, if not revered. I was trained in a driver education program at a high school that knew winter weather and anticipated the need for certain driving skills that transcend those of residents of sunny statessuch as driving on ice, sleet, and snow, for instance. And while I am quick and hyper-alert, while I love a good fast car and drive, I have only had three traffic violations in all of my driving life (which equals about thirty-one years): got a speeding ticket at 16, trying to beat curfew; got a no seat belt ticket in the eighties, when I was pulled over because a headlamp was out; and got a red light violation one night when I knew better but wanted to get home after working all day and all night at a college an hour and a half away from where I lived.

But what happened last week was incredible! I had just shifted to this town. I got pulled up for speeding (I was doing 44)! This town indicated the speed limit as 25 to 35. The same area shows two signs–one stating 25 and the other 35, leaving the driver very confused?

Letting me off with a simple warning and a kind smile, the officer asked me to register for traffic school online. He had found out that I had received a traffic ticket about thirty years ago and felt that a re-education would do no harm!

True, I had heard people discussing this latest education class being conducted on the Net, but had not bothered much about it. They had been saying that if one could avoid extra points being added to one’s driver record, the increasing insurance rates would not affect one. Earlier, one had to pay about $107 for a red light violation; now the price had gone up to $400! So, traffic school online could keep you from committing traffic blunders and save your money.

Do a little research and get hold of a legitimate traffic online course. They should be able to teach you as well as provide you with such documentation that if ever you are hauled up in court, you can prove that you have a license. The hours are well suited for everyone’s needs. You can set your own learning hours and go at your own pace. The fees are reasonable. And there are different styles of teaching. The visual learner can go for cartoons and film shows; the verbal learner can stay happy with textual instructions; and the action-oriented person can stay content with games.

I am hoping to complete my traffic school online in the next few days, and will either go with comedy or cartoons and games. They look promising and they hopefully will not humiliate me too much with road rules I learned 31 years ago and ace on every DMV test, etc., though once every decade “forget”. What a reminder.

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