Blinking red light or stop sign?

It seems like every day I have something to complain about on my commute, and today is going to be no different! Don't get me wrong though, there are perks to commuting! But my commute in to town was fine, weather was beautiful! No snow (which they called for). But on my way home, the weather was freezing and the wind must have been blowing 50 mph. Every red light was out! And to me it seems like when this happens, no one knows what to do. I know I don't. They say to treat the red light as a stop sign when it is not working, but most people don't do that. Luckly, I got home without witnessing any accidents.

The weather outside is frightful...

Welcome December weather!

I think if I had to pick one thing that I do not like about driving in December is snow and ice. The cold weather I can deal with, but driving on a snow covered road scares me! Now that the weather is getting like that, my mom always tells me to have things in the car just incase something would happen. Here's an article on how to prepare your car for winter. Also, have a winter jacket in your car! Just a few tips for you!

Hope all is well with your winter commutes!

Whatever happened to the 2 second rule?

So driving into downtown today, there was no traffic, which was good! Cars were moving easily through the streets. I was driving the speed limit, of course, not thinking I was going too slow, until a car sped up and got really close to the back end of my car. Like I said before, no traffic, there was no one in the lane next to us. They could of easily just went around me and been on their way. But no, for about fifteen minutes they did this. I didn't do switch lanes, I kept going the same speed and finally they got a clue and pasted me. And while passing me they had the nerve to strare me down, give me a dirty look and speed up. Can someone please tell me why people do this, I would love to know!

Really People??

In this article from USA TODAY, 3.4 million people endure an "extreme commute" every day. This means they commute for 90 minutes or more to work. I see a big problem in that. If you remember reading my post Is Your Commute Killing You?, people would get a clue! I don't understand why they wouldn't try to find a place closer to where they worked? Common sense.

Commute Calculator

Ever wonder how much you are spending commuting?

I found this handy commute calculator. Check it out!

No gas...

Today was the first day back to class after the week long break for Thanksgiving. Needless to say, I was not happy to be driving back downtown and even more unhappy to see that I had no gas. I probably should of checked the night before but that would of made too much sense. So I had to get gas before going to class, which was a pain! But, I made it to class and I was happy.

NOTE TO WISE: check gas before leaving to commute!

Never again....

Well yesterday, I decided to venture out and go shopping on the craziest shopping day of the year. This was my first time ever to go shopping on Black Friday. I was in for a rude awakening. I left to go shopping around 10 p.m., thinking I got a head start leaving 2 hours earlier...boy was I wrong! I was stuck in traffic for a good hour to two hours. Once I got there, I stood in line for another hour to get inside the stores I wanted to go. Needless to say, I'd rather pay the extra $20 dollars than sit in traffic, and wait in line just to get a good deal.