OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Stay right, ye slower; it’s the law
Dear Saint Asphalt: I have a great idea for our General Assembly while it's in session. Change the law to make the right lane the passing lane, thereby clearin…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: No seat belt, not problem for some older vehicles
Dear Mahatma: I sometimes covet old, some might say classic cars, such as my first ride, a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere white two-door hardtop. If you ever saw the …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: There’s nothing pretty about interstate graffiti
Dear Magnate of Motorists: Traveling westbound on Interstate 40 at the Arkansas 365 exit in North Little Rock, I saw a couple of large graffiti symbols on the …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Snarl at Conway intersection will be addressed in roundabout way
Dear Mahatma: Don't know if this is a problem for the state or the city of Conway, but is there ever a chance that a traffic light could be put up at the inter…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Hang in there, Sherwood, Country Club Road project on pace to meet April deadline
Dear Mahatma: The slowest road drainage construction project in the history of Sherwood continues on Country Club Road. Can you please provide an update when t…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Setbacks delay opening of rush-hour lanes on I-430 bridge
Dear Mahatma: I keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, for the new Interstate 430 bridge rush-hour lanes to open. Last word was Thanksgiving. That's two month…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Don’t judge airbags solely by accident numbers
Dear Mahatma: Since vehicles have been equipped for years with air bags, why are there still so many fatalities in car crashes? Are air bags not as effective a…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Slow the flow in construction zones
Dear Mahatma: Is there a change in the speed limit laws on Sundays? Often when I drive on Sundays and cross the malfunction junction project across the Arkansa…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: A friendly reminder about temporary license plates
Dear Mahatma: This picture was taken at the stoplight on Bowman Road and Chenal Parkway on Dec. 28. The temporary license is dated Oct. 9, 2017. -- Vicki
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: There should be plenty of juice for electric car owners
Dear Mahatma: If someday we have thousands more electric vehicles, will the electric company be able to keep up with the additional demand for electricity? -- …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: U.S. 67/167 designation just a stop on the road to Interstate 57
Dear Mahatma: Why are they renaming U.S. 67/167? -- Sherry
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Completion of North Rodney Parham Road project expected in 2023
Let's return to yesterweek when this space was devoted to the matter of the widening and improvement project along a mile of North Rodney Parham Road, between …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Improvements a long, hard road for folks living along North Rodney Parham
Mike and Mary Dandurand have a sense of humor. They have to, because they live on North Rodney Parham Road.
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Drivetime Mahatma — Trash is as trash does, but new Gill Street bridge coming on Cantrell
Dear Mahatma: My wife and I often drive on Cantrell Road, particularly between Cedar Hill Road and downtown. There has been a trash problem for years, but now …
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OPINION|Drivetime Mahatma: Getting a charge out of taking a spin in an electric vehicle
Chris Durney's name should be familiar to readers of this fine newspaper. He's been in public affairs in this town for a long time, currently for the Veterans …
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OPINION|Drivetime Mahatma: There’s no easy cure for congestion
Greetings, Maestro of the Roadways: I spend quality time on Interstate 30 between Arkadelphia and Fort Worth. By quality time, I mean all those slowdowns when …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Here’s your sign: No U-turns on Cantrell intersection
Hi: Now that the flyover at Cantrell Road and Interstate 430 is open, lots of eastbound drivers on Cantrell block traffic in the inside lane by making dangerou…
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OPINION|DRIVETIME MAHATMA University of Arkansas leads the school licenses plate race
Dear Mahatma: I was at the Revenue Office and waited forever for a young man to make up his mind about what college affinity plate he wanted. Turns out, accord…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: All signs point to easier navigation of Arkansas 10/I-40 intersection
Writing this column -- now borrowing a phrase from the football world -- ain't no scientific rocket. Readers ask questions, we find answers from reliable sourc…
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Hiking to Indian Rockhouse a crisp climb past pinchy crawdads, curious deer
The deer appeared early in our hike down to the Indian Rockhouse Trail, not more than five minutes' walk from the trailhead.
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Towing questions? There’s a board for that
Dear Mahatma: If in an accident can you request a different tow service instead of the tow company next in line to be called by the police? If we want to make …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Improper tags is an attention-getter
Dear Mahatma: It makes my blood boil when I see non-registered vehicles. I drove by an apartment complex in west Little Rock and saw this sign posted in two lo…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Electric vehicle plans available at Arkansas Department of Transportation site
Way back when -- August -- this column discussed the matter of electric vehicles. Some skepticism was displayed.
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Arkansas efforts to restore vanishing Ozark chinquapin trees take root and grow
Al Knox has spent years at Hobbs State Park as a volunteer and trail supervisor. It was as a volunteer, in 2002, that he found the Ozark chinquapin.
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Time waits for no license plate if taxes due
Dear Mahatma: Would be surprised if this doesn't win a prize! -- Avid Annie
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA Hear a siren? Proceed with caution
Dear All Knowing: If I am going down a four- or five-lane road, and an emergency vehicle approaches from the opposite direction, what am I supposed to do? It's…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: No car insurance, no registration
Dear Mahatma: You know my peeve about temporary tags and unlicensed vehicles. My question is whether or not a driver can insure a vehicle that is not registere…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Time will tell if e-cars the future
Dear Mahatma: I didn't find derision in your comments about EV stations being established in Arkansas. But I see a good bit of short-sightedness. Do you think …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Managed lanes offer added capacity during rush hours
Dear Mahatma: When will the Interstate 430 project be completed? Second question: I understand the need for the two extra outside lanes (shoulders) for rush ho…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Electric vehicle report mild shock for readers
Dear Mahatma: You deride plans to expand the EV charging network because of the small number of electric vehicles registered in Arkansas. I acknowledge you ref…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Crews fight I-40 debris constantly
Dear Mahatma: In the last several months we have made trips from North Little Rock on Interstate 40 to Memphis. Our interstate highway system is a disgrace wit…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Arkansas gets a charge out of electric vehicle hype
This fine newspaper had an interesting story recently about electric vehicle chargers and the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: U.S. 70 resurfacing efforts in Cache Rive Bottoms underway
Dear Mahatma: It's the pest from East Arkansas who asks when U.S. 70 through the Cache River bottoms will be improved. Not only is it extremely dangerous becau…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Big rigs can keep on truckin’ down Interstate 630
Dear Mahatma: You recently wrote about no restrictions for big trucks on Interstate 430. I have noticed more big trucks -- construction, transport, 18-wheelers…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Updates in the works for I-630
Dear High Priest of Asphalt Distribution: Kudos to ArDot for smooth asphalt resurfacing of several lanes and exits and entrances on Interstate 430! Sure wish t…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Patience only option for noisy Arkansas 10 project
Dear Mahatma: Our Walton Heights neighbors are really having a hard time sleeping with all the late-night construction. There have been complaints registered, …
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Casscoe nature center offers classes on hummingbirds, other wildlife in July
The unincorporated community Casscoe is, to employ a cliche, off the beaten path. In fact, the Potlatch Cook's Lake Nature Center is down a dusty gravel road.
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Arkansans can watch hummingbirds get tiny ID bands at Potlatch Cook’s Lake Nature Center near White River
Gently, oh, so gently, Tana Beasley held the ruby-throated hummingbird.
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Help is on the way for pesky pothole on North University in Little Rock
Dear Mahatma: Please don't tell me the always wet pothole between H and Evergreen on North University is a result of unmet specifications. I think it's been th…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: To tell of gun license or not tell
Dear Mahatma, Last week you said if a concealed carry license holder was stopped in his vehicle by police, "If the licensee doesn't have the handgun in his pos…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: What to do about parking lot stop signs, temporary tags and concealed firearms
Dear Mahatma: When I'm roundin' third and headed for home in a parking lot, there are often official-looking stop signs. On closer inspection, they look smalle…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: A little work on Little Rock’s Kanis Road smooths ruffled feathers
Hello: I wrote to you back in March. Thankfully, that section of bad pavement on Kanis Road has been redone and is now very smooth. Please pass along to your c…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: For now, drivers have to wait for their turn on Kanis Road
Dear Mahatma: Thanks to new construction, Kanis Road how has three lanes with the middle for turning. Why when Kanis reaches Gamble Road, where the three lanes…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: You can help Arkansas take out the trash
Dear Mahatma: On Interstate 530 recently, I saw people picking up trash before the mowers. Just south of the I-530/Interstate 30 split, the "Watch for Mowers" …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Interstate power cut by project
Oh Enlightened One: Can you enlighten me as to why my early morning drive to the airport in Little Rock is so … unenlightening? Signs on Interstate 630 and Int…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Saturation patrols target dangerous, reckless driving
Most inquiries to the Traffic Desk come by email, but occasionally one pours in via cellphone.
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Arkansas quilters craft and donate comforting covers for kids in pain
If idle hands are the devil's workshop, Old Scratch was unwelcome at QuiltMania, three days of nonstop productivity by the Saline County Quilters Guild.
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Construction at I-430, Cantrell Road taking things to new level
Dear Mahatma: I looked at the ArDot video on the Interstate 430/Cantrell Road construction. Why add a stoplight just west of the interstate bridge? This seems …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: What’s the deal with political signs on Arkansas right-of-way?
Dear Getter of Answers: Last political cycle I saw an ArDot truck driving down Arkansas 10 collecting political signs weeks before the election -- I assume a r…
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA Patience, Sherwood drivers, plans are in the works to address traffic snarl
Has there ever been a traffic study at the intersection of Kiehl Avenue and Brockington Road to the north and Brookswood Road to the south in Sherwood? It seem…
