Florida driving e-mail #1: We're not so bad?
I just read your article about red light cameras. I quote you: "It seems to be especially bad here in Florida, where many folks learned their driving skills somewhere else and forgot to pack them."
Sir, I have driven in 48 of the 50 states, including Vermont, Hawaii, Minnesota, Florida. I have driven in New York City, San Francisco, Detroit, New Orleans, Dallas, Seattle, and hundreds of cities throughout the U.S.
From my observation after 65 years of driving (without a traffic ticket, I might add), I don't find Florida drivers to be any better, or any worse, than anywhere else in the country!
Have a good day! -- Don Copler
Dear Mr. Copler: I can't claim to have driven in 48 states, so you have more experience than I do. Maybe my impression is subjective and wrong. But can I at least claim that we lead the nation in leaving the turn-signal blinker on?

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Posted by: | March 13, 2008 at 02:56 PM
Your bosses won't care. Just saying the pop up ads on the bottom of the blogs are giving me a headace.Seems everytime I comment under a story I'm censored. So my friend I leave this blog and the online edtion of SP Times. I have joined Newsvine.
Posted by: Boo Boo | March 14, 2008 at 05:49 AM