Getting a traffic ticket can really mess up your day, but it can it can mess up a lot more than just your day. The effects that can result from simply paying your traffic citation can not only have an immediate impact, but it can also continue to rear its [...]
Whew! Another tourist season is behind us, spring breakers have departed, and life in South Florida is beginning to return to its usual everyday pace. Granted, that is not exactly a lackadaisical pace, but it is somewhat slower than it is from October through April. Before you issue a sigh [...]
Rain is just a part of South Florida living. If it weren’t for the volume of the precipitation that we get, this area would not be as lush and beautiful as it is, and it wouldn’t draw the thousands of transplant residents and tourists that it does. Unfortunately, it seems [...]
It comes as no surprise to anyone who has received a Florida speeding ticket that it is a matter of big business for the state. Millions of dollars a year line the pockets of cities and fill the coffers of the state and local government offices. Take a look [...]
Wow! According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population clock, there are more than 320,000,000 people in the United States. That is probably not surprising to most people, but what is surprising (and should be concerning) is that when you factor in births, deaths, and migration from other countries, we gain [...]
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. – Steve Jobs These are prophetic words considering that Jobs was arguably one of modern America’s most prolific innovators who died at the relatively young age of 55. [...]
Sometimes I can’t help but chuckle over the lengths to which law enforcement is willing to go in an attempt to get us drivers to comply with their wishes – also known as laws. I recently read a newspaper article that reported that Fort Lauderdale is trying to accommodate the [...]
The Golden Rule is highly underrated. It is the simple concept of treating others as you wish to be treated, or maybe you ascribe to the Silver Rule of NOT treating others in ways that you do not want to be treated. Those of us who try to follow these [...]
Are you one of those people who just drives with no sense of urgency? Do you just get in the car, choose a particular lane of traffic, resign yourself to getting where you going whenever you get there, and then just tool along until you arrive at your destination? Maybe [...]
For some drivers, getting traffic tickets seems to be just a matter of course, and you may be one of these drivers. If there is a cop in the area using radar, are you the one who always seems to being going just fast enough to get pulled over? Are [...]