Road & Car Designs Accelerating gradually:  jets on runways, my car on entrance ramps All roads lead to Freeport Beltways were designed to lead drivers around Allegheny County Bridge at Pittsburgh's "front door" is challenge to drivers Bridges now bear peoples' names, but I prefer the old numbers BYD's logo for electric cars looks like 3Y) Car colors have lost their diversity Car door unlocking:  hold the key fob to your chin? Changing into a lane that someone else is also changing into Computers should be more like cars, not vice versa Deaths on the highways over holiday weekends used to be big news Detour of 18 miles due to closed bridge near me Detour's jammed; here's a 50-mile alternate, only takes an hour "Do Not Enter" sign ought to be "Keep Right" “Double Crosssover Merging Interchange” explained Double traffic circles encountered on my way to a restaurant Electric car clip-clops along Electric cars introduce fancy lighting gimmicks Engine braking prohibited Falling hillsides near the 80th meridian Fire hydrant next to parking space Gas pumps need to be on shorter pedestals Hill-climbing lanes for trucks should continue past the crest of the hill Lane choice requires planning ahead Left turns into a choice of possible lanes result in confusion Locating "Scott Township" and a closed bridge Merging into traffic sometimes requires special swerves Moving roadblock:  me driving the speed limit on a narrow road Navigating by advance research requires no GPS Niagara Falls?  Exit now!!!  (For information, that is.) Pedestrians trigger light to cross busy road Right-turn and no-right-turn signs disagree Roads are sometimes named for their destination cities Roundabout with multiple lanes leads you to your exit Sharing city streets without lines or signs or signals Scoot across the bench seat and use the passenger door Self-identified "good drivers" may not be what I consider good Sign is pleated so it can be read from either direction Signs:  No trucks!  Kids eschew the sidewalks here! “Sligo” on the map doesn't exist in reality, at least not there South Avenue in Haysville is very narrow Steepest street in continental U.S. can be found in Pittsburgh Stop signs get ignored Touring car from about 1906 encountered on the street Trunks in cars can be impractically large Volkswagen swerves into ditch, cops arrive