Driving - In General
Teen drivers experience profiling by cops
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m a new driver and was pulled over for something I didn’t do. I was so nervous I hardly defended myself — and when I tried, the officer told me I…
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Dad’s pot habit riles daughter
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My dad has been smoking pot since he was 25. He is now 50. I first caught him smoking it outside last Christmas, but he usually smokes in his bathroom. We had huge family…
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Can you trust calling parents for a ride?
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My boyfriend got drunk on Fourth of July and, still, I let him drive me home. Nobody could give me a ride and the alternative was calling my parents. They would have…
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Millennials might be next “Greatest Generation”
DEAR READERS: What’s wrong with the world? How can we improve it? Here is Part II of the panel’s vision for 2010. As I said last week, the Millennial Generation are old souls when it comes to understanding…
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Abstinence-only probably not effective for cell phones either
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I was shocked at your advice to “Jason’s mom” (June 18) whose 17-year-old son informed her he was going to text and drive after the California…
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Teens plan to “text and drive” to foil cell phone ban
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My son is 17. Starting July 1, he will be banned from using a cell phone while driving until he is 18. Today he informed me that he won’t talk on his…
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Sport bikes popular, but deadly, for young riders
DEAR READERS: As some of you know, I lost my beautiful son, Jarrad, in a motorcycle accident last August. We all lost him. May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. It also marks the beginning of the motorcycle…
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Law to require hands-free cell phone use while driving
Dear Readers: Driving while using a cell phone has been the subject of several columns. I want my readers to know that beginning July 1, 2008 it will be against the law in California to use a cell… 0 Comments
Cell phones make teens drive like the elderly
Dear Straight Talk: You recently ran a column where you quoted David Strayer, of the University of Utah, saying that cell phones make teens drive like the elderly. You went on to advocate hands-free… 0 Comments
Texting and driving lands driver upsidedown
Dear Straight Talk: Your recent column about “Mr. Social” who drives while talking and texting on his cell phone was exactly how I used to be. Then one day I was texting on an on-ramp.… 0 Comments
