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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: driving

Weather

Clueless drivers are a menace to the state’s snowplower operators

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 21, 2019, 10:07 AM Feb 21, 2019
25

We are intrigued by the self-restraint shown by Minnesota’s and Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation to try to find s Read more →

Crime and Justice

‘Vagueness’ of MN’s right-turn law doesn’t save man from DUI conviction

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2016, 12:11 PM May 11, 2016
6

Bottom line to the rest of us: Stay in your lane when making a right turn. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Automated parking ramps confounding La Crosse drivers

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2016, 10:22 AM Feb 1, 2016
11

Some drivers are apparently frustrated that they can’t get the automated pay systems to work right.
Read more →

Crime and Justice

Why don’t MN drivers get the crosswalk law?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2015, 10:04 AM Mar 26, 2015
37

History says the St. Paul effort will fade, and drivers — if they change their behavior at all — will go back to being the inconsiderate oofs they often are in the city. Read more →

Wisconsin driver hits 9 cars exiting parking spot

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2015, 8:23 AM Feb 17, 2015
10

At the Piggly Wiggly supermarket in Mayville, Wisconsin — between Oshkosh and Milwaukee — Russell Kerr, 92, just wanted to get out of his parking spot.

He did. After he hit nine cars. His accelerator got stuck and he panicked. Read more →

Weather

How to park Minnesotan

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 10, 2014, 10:32 AM Mar 10, 2014
4

In Minnesota — and in this case: Minneapolis — winter is the time of the year when you can almost roll a car while parking it. Read more →

Surveys and trivia · Weather

Imponderables: The great windshield wiper debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2014, 3:13 PM Feb 20, 2014
5

There are only two kinds of Minnesota drivers in winter: The ones who do this, and the ones who don’t. It is of questionable value and meaning. In freezing rain, theoretically, it could prevent breaking the wiper when pulling it out of the ice. This, however, requires an ice pack equal to or greater than Read more →

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