Frank Fellone
Recent Stories by Frank Fellone
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Loose load stunk I-40, broke laws
posted: 06/15/2013 5:06 a.m. Comment 1
Dear Mahatma: I was driving home on Interstate 40, Little Rock to Conway. Around Morgan, I started to smell something really nasty. A half-mile later, I was behind one of those big trucks that carry animal parts. It spewed gunk all over my car. The driver stayed in the left lane, doing 64 mph, 1 mph under the speed limit for trucks, and would not get over. What would you have done? — Conway Twittered
Philip Harold Elson
posted: 06/09/2013 3:37 a.m. Discuss
It’s the top of the fifth inning at Dickey-Stephens Park, with the Arkansas Travelers holding a precarious 1-0 lead against the San Antonio Missions.
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Golf carts a no-go on LR streets
posted: 06/08/2013 5:16 a.m. Discuss
Dear Mahatma: Is it legal for golf carts to be driven on the streets of Little Rock? — Look Out!
Making the case
posted: 06/03/2013 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Readers ask questions; we give out answers. They don’t always like the answer, but we’re dancing as fast as we can.
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: 0.05 level for drivers proposed
posted: 06/01/2013 4:59 a.m. Discuss
The National Transportation Safety Board recently proposed a change in the level at which blood-alcohol content would be grounds for an arrest for driving while intoxicated, from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent.
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: ’65 Chevy has a belt exemption
posted: 05/25/2013 5:07 a.m. Discuss
Dear Mahatma: We’re buying a 1965 Chevelle Super Sport that was manufactured in December 1964. It has no seat belts. How does the seat-belt law apply to this car? We’re paying a lot of money for this classic car and want to be legal. — Four on the Floor
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: The ABCs of 25 mph by schools
posted: 05/18/2013 5:18 a.m. Discuss
Dear Mahatma: Cantrell Road used to have a 25 mph school zone between University Avenue and Kavanaugh Boulevard. Now it’s a school zone when flashing, no reduction in speed required. Why the change? — John
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Mowing nips buds but a must
posted: 05/11/2013 5:03 a.m. Discuss
Dear Mahatma: I recently drove from Little Rock to southeast Arkansas. My day was brightened by the beautiful wildflowers in bloom along the highway on either side of Dumas. Imagine my dismay later in the day when I returned to find mowers at work. What is the explanation for obliterating this beauty? — A Sad Bee
In giants’ footsteps
posted: 05/06/2013 3:32 a.m. Comment 1
Two important figures in Arkansas journalism recently passed on. They couldn’t have been more different.
Do you speak Arkansas?
posted: 05/05/2013 3:25 a.m. Comment 1
Susan Young was in rural Tennessee not so long ago, in the Smokies, when she stopped at a convenience store on a cool morning.
