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No Good Choices When Your Vehicle is Disabled on a Highway

Posted On Mar 25, 2012 @ 09:24 PM by Ira Slavit

Whether or not to get out of your car is a big question, maybe a life-determining one.  With cars, trucks and buses speeding by so closely, you feel that if your vehicle is hit your will defineitely be injured, if not killed.  And you worry about everyone else in your vehicle.  But if you get out, you lose the protection the vehicle's metal provides to you, especially if your vehicle is struck and debris flies.

Unlawful Taxi Hailings and Other Violations You May Not Know About (or At Least Know Where to Find)

Posted On Nov 30, 2011 @ 12:48 AM by Ira Slavit

Regulations of the City of New York make it illegal to hail a taxi cab for another person unless first solicited by the prospective passenger.  The same Regulation makes it illegal to hitchhike, to open a car door for another, to jaywalk, and, of course, to stand in front of an oncoming car.  And should you need to educate a Squeegee who insists upon cleaning your windshield, show him New York City Rules, Title 34, § 4-04.