LovesTimone
Christmas Day 2017
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2009
Local here...
The weather changing and summer is coming... So that means schools will be out soon, and the summer vacation season is starting ... Along with that there are people coming from all over the world...and they all drive different... take time to know what our traffic rules are...
1) Put your phone down.... can't be anymore simpler than that... If you need directions, bring a GPS with you so that you can find your way around. No text is worth your life or someone else's.
2) Missing the exit is not a big deal, just go to the next one and exit off... don't drive across 3 lanes of traffic or slam on brakes, or back up on the interstate... just don't do it... the GPS will recalculate...there are lots back way around... and several entrance's into the parks, and other sites
3) Check your on and off ramps, make sure you are going in the right direction...we have had people killed going the wrong way on a exit ramp.
4) I-4 is under construction constantly... so be aware of where you are going...road changes, closed exits and such...
5) This one is very important.... Do not pull out in front of or cut off someone hauling anything... Boats, 4 wheelers, sea doo's/jet ski's, campers, or airboat... They can not stop as fast with all the added weight in the back... I know what your saying I don't want to get behind them... well this is Florida, and just part of it... it's really not worth your life or someone else life, just because you don't want to get behind them...
6) Which brings me to Semi's, Box trucks, work trailers full of equipment, flat beds hauling large equipment... don't do it...don't pull out in front of them, or cut them off...I can't tell you how many times I have seen a car under or what's left of a car under a semi... its heart breaking to think of that family...
7) This is a pet peeve... when you see the one lane is ending and merging into the next... go ahead get over... don't go racing down to the end and then try to force your way.... in you are not entitled... Most locals will not let you in... also do not block the intersections... just because you don't want to wait out another light...
8) Stop signs, Red-lights, are not a suggestion... they are the law... STOP... no rolling through them... STOP
9) There are around a million tourist in our area daily, a lot of them walking around.... watch out for them...
10) This one is something that the whole world knows... but people come here and think that this rule/law doesn't apply.... so don't come on vacation and leave on probation... Do Not drink and drive here... Uber, Lyft, & Cab's are everywhere...
Come and enjoy all we have to offer... But please do it safely.
Please share your tips ... Pixie dust away
The weather changing and summer is coming... So that means schools will be out soon, and the summer vacation season is starting ... Along with that there are people coming from all over the world...and they all drive different... take time to know what our traffic rules are...
1) Put your phone down.... can't be anymore simpler than that... If you need directions, bring a GPS with you so that you can find your way around. No text is worth your life or someone else's.
2) Missing the exit is not a big deal, just go to the next one and exit off... don't drive across 3 lanes of traffic or slam on brakes, or back up on the interstate... just don't do it... the GPS will recalculate...there are lots back way around... and several entrance's into the parks, and other sites
3) Check your on and off ramps, make sure you are going in the right direction...we have had people killed going the wrong way on a exit ramp.
4) I-4 is under construction constantly... so be aware of where you are going...road changes, closed exits and such...
5) This one is very important.... Do not pull out in front of or cut off someone hauling anything... Boats, 4 wheelers, sea doo's/jet ski's, campers, or airboat... They can not stop as fast with all the added weight in the back... I know what your saying I don't want to get behind them... well this is Florida, and just part of it... it's really not worth your life or someone else life, just because you don't want to get behind them...
6) Which brings me to Semi's, Box trucks, work trailers full of equipment, flat beds hauling large equipment... don't do it...don't pull out in front of them, or cut them off...I can't tell you how many times I have seen a car under or what's left of a car under a semi... its heart breaking to think of that family...
7) This is a pet peeve... when you see the one lane is ending and merging into the next... go ahead get over... don't go racing down to the end and then try to force your way.... in you are not entitled... Most locals will not let you in... also do not block the intersections... just because you don't want to wait out another light...
8) Stop signs, Red-lights, are not a suggestion... they are the law... STOP... no rolling through them... STOP
9) There are around a million tourist in our area daily, a lot of them walking around.... watch out for them...
10) This one is something that the whole world knows... but people come here and think that this rule/law doesn't apply.... so don't come on vacation and leave on probation... Do Not drink and drive here... Uber, Lyft, & Cab's are everywhere...
Come and enjoy all we have to offer... But please do it safely.
Please share your tips ... Pixie dust away
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