I know that these problems are not exclusive to driving in Florida, but... Here is one of my least favorite problems you might run across on your visit to the Sunshine state. School zones are everywhere, seemingly when there is no school within sight. One of my favorites is the school without sidewalks from the school to the street. No one walks home from that school yet here we sit crawling along. Just to add to the fun they actually have two driveways each with its own school zone separated by about fifty feet. But wait don't order yet it gets better. Another 500 feet down the street is a Junior High School with a school zone. Now these schools don't dismiss at the same time so the flashing lights announcing the school zone are not on. But people don't pay attention to the lights or lack thereof so they continue to drive all the way to and past the Junior high at 20 miles an hour, essentially turning what should be two short school zones into one horribly long one.
Another favorite is the school on one side of the street and the fire station on the other. So what you say. Well, the driveway for the fire station has its own traffic light to stop traffic so the emergency crews can get out. Makes sense to me. So why am I complaining? When the traffic signal is not being used it just hangs there flashing yellow and people driving along think they are in a school zone and drop it down to 20 mph creating a school zone that last about 12 hours a day.
And then there are the days when everyone just feels like driving 30 mph in both lanes, side-by-side. That's Florida.
If you're coming for a visit be ready. Renting a car? Don't get ripped of by the rental car transponders. Get a Tolltraxx transponder, save your money and enjoy your vacation.
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