Surviving Traffic Survival School
Driving is a privilege not a right. That's why you obtain a license. On August 23, 2011, while driving back home from running a series of regular errands around T-Town, I got photo flashed at the infamous Speedway and Kolb intersection. I was about the 4th or 5th car in the flow of the traffic proceeding through the yellow light, when I saw the flash. I prayed that it hadn't been for me but for the person behind me. About three weeks later, I learned that flash familiar to all Tucson drivers had been for me. The proof positive arrived in the mail from the Tucson Police Department; a photo of me behind the wheel of my BMW 325 CI, with hand raised as I swore at myself for being so stupid, along with a ticket for $335. Ouch! A week later, I received my "invitation" to attend the mandatory Traffic Survival School, an 8-hour class to re-teach me the rules of the road. While others I know have attended this class and similar ones, once or ...