Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22715 – 965 Here’s the haps: On those occasions when my teenage uncle would take us boys for a ride in his 1969 Olds 442 we knew how much he loved to show off its impressive power and speed. With no seatbelts on we would lean over the edge of the front seat […]
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22169 – 739: You know, I feel sorry for some of the people who drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them without all the niceties. If I were to buy a brand new car […]
Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22120-691: I was really glad that I had a post scheduled yesterday. Mrs. Herb and I were in a car accident yesterday and it was only the graceful hand of God that it wasn’t worse. We were in the 2003 PT Cruiser on our way to a doctor’s appointment on the other […]
I have never owned a brand new car. The newest car I ever owned was, I think, five years old at the time. I wound up having to trade it in for a minivan. That’s not today’s story, however. This is kind of a tag-on to yesterday’s post. I have two cars, one is a […]
Don’t. But, if you have to, which sometimes occurs, going slow is the first thing. The first, slightest indication that you are on a slippery surface, slow down. When one of your passengers is an almost ninety year old woman, there are a couple of things you just don’t want to do. You don’t want […]
You know, I feel sorry for some of the people that drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them without all the niceties. I have never bought a brand-new car, but I know that a lot of times […]
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car — both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, “I must be losing it, I could have […]
We have had a large family trip to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival in the works for several months now and it is about to happen. And, unlike Bugs Bunny, since I am going to Albuquerque I don’t have to worry about the left turn. We don’t do it annually, just when the timing feels right […]
I copied and pasted the original document to the original date and did not correct or change anything, even though there were errors in it. this repost is fixed up a little bit, but the message remains the same. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving accounted for 3,166 fatalities in 2017. […]
Driving – The Haps With Herb
