Safe driving

MnDOT says that since 1960, 35 MnDOT workers and 16 contractors have lost their lives while working on Minnesota highways.

I can appreciate the sentiment of "Minnesota Nice", but I recently witnessed it cause some frustration — and nearly an accident, on two occasions.

These messages on the highways from the Minnesota Department of Transportation could really only exist here in Minnesota, don't ya know.

Troy Christianson was recently asked if passengers are allowed to watch movies on tablets in moving vehicles.

A 39 year old Caledonia man died after rear ending a vehicle pulling two grain wagons. According to the Star Tribune and the State Patrol, the man was driving a Subaru Forester southbound on Hwy. 76 near milepost 25 in Monkey Creek Township in Houston County when he struck a van pulling angled hopper style wagons.

There are a couple of pet peeves I have about other people's driving. First is the people refuse to turn on their headlights when it's raining or snowing or foggy. That's the law. You need to do that. Some people have said, "Why should I? It won't help me see any better...