Beating the Rush Hour Blues:
Subtitle: 60+ Time & Money Saving Strategies to Get Ahead of Traffic in ALL Situations
Published: 2013
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Format: kindle ebook
Number of pages: 122
Description: Beating the Rush Hour Blues is “just what the doctor orders” for taking the headache out of driving in competitive traffic. In this thorough yet concise manual, veteran driver Brad Anderson gives the prescription for getting out of jams, cutting corners (literally) and making time in all road situations—from clogged urban arteries to open interstates, and from in-town holiday fiascoes to rural mountain switchbacks. Anderson even shows how to save on those exorbitant east coast tolls. A must read for the harried executive,Sunday shopper and family vacationer alike, stressed out by the daily grind.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: .; title: Disclaimer; title: Introduction; title: .; title: Thinking Ahead in Big and Small Ways; title: Measuring Your Gains; title: The Power of Stealth; title: When Not to “Play the Game”; title: .; title: I. Strategies for “Clogged Arteries”; title: .; title: 1. Hunting for Gaps; title: 2. Late Merging; title: .; title: The “Funnel Effect”; title: .; title: 3. Using Exit Lanes as Merge Lanes; title: 4. Utilizing the Power of Rear Onramp Lanes; title: 5. Combined Onramp and Exit Lanes; title: 6. “Skiing” The Rush Hour Right Lane; title: 7. Using Legal Travel Shoulders; title: 8. Using the Center Lane of Forked Exits; title: 9. HOV Lanes; title: 10. Leveraging the Power of Feeder Lanes; title: 11. Long Tail Exits; title: 12. Unmarked Dual Exit Lanes; title: 13. Gridded Single Lane Exits; title: 14. Multi-Lane Long Tail Exiting; title: 15. Getting Through Gridlock without Exits: Refining Your Gap Hunt; title: .; title: II. Strategies for the Open Road; title: .; title: 16. Staying “A Neck Ahead:” Mastering the Art of Inconspicuous Speed Passing; title: 17. Acceleration Passes; title: 18. Stealth Passing on; title: .; title: Two Lane Rural Roads; title: .; title: 19. Inside Passing on Curves: Letting Centrifugal Force Do the Work for You; title: 20. Lane Shifting to “Straighten” Twisting Mountain Passes; title: 21. Ascent Passing: Capitalizing on the Law of Gravity; title: 22. Using Ascents to Pass Trucks; title: .; title: Passing on the Right; title: .; title: 23. Open Road Passing on the Right; title: 24. Using Ascending Slow Lanes; title: 25. Beware the Right Lane Speedster; title: .; title: III. Beating the “Venus Flytrap!”; title: .; title: 26. Heeding the Warning Signs; title: 27. Interpreting Brake Lights; title: 28. Preparing for Alternative & Emergency Escapes; title: .; title: “If In Doubt, Get Out!” - Using Exits to Escape a Jam; title: .; title: 29. Exit “Skipping”; title: 30. “Early” Exiting; title: 31. Backing up Onramp Shoulders; title: 32. Rest Area Circuits; title: 33. The Beauty of Frontage Roads; title: 34. Intertwined Interstates; title: .; title: Toll Booths – The Trucker May Be Your Secret Ace; title: .; title: 35. EZ Pass – The Normal Lane of Choice; title: 36. EZ Pass vs. Cash Only Lanes; title: 37. Truck Toll Lanes – The Untold Secret; title: .; title: IV. Getting Ahead In Town; title: .; title: Sizing Up the “Competition”; title: Strategizing Dual Lane Intersections When You Are in the Lead; title: .; title: 38. Tortoise and the Hare; title: 39. Nosing Short of the Next Driver; title: 40. Using Inside Turn Lanes onto Merging Ramps; title: 41. Truck Inertia:  Passing Left to Turn Right.; title: .; title: Strategizing for Two Lanes with Multiple Vehicles Ahead; title: Playing Light Cycle Chess; title: .; title: 42. Distance Planning: Red Means Go, Green Means Whoa!; title: 43. Amber Means “Hurry Up and Get Through!”; title: 44. Watching for Cross Amber Lights; title: 45. Reading the Left Arrow Cycle; title: 46. Turning Right to Go Left; title: 47. Going Straight to Turn Left (The Legal U Turn Effect); title: 48. Approaching Intersections with Right Exit Ramps; title: 49. Beating the Side Street Sensor; title: 50. Using Neighborhood Cross Blocks and Parallel Streets; title: 51. Leveraging Commercial Lots and Industrial Roads; title: .; title: V. Secrets to Getting Ahead No GPS Will Ever Tell You; title: .; title: 52. Choose Your Maps Wisely; title: 53. Maps and Those “Little Roads”; title: 54. Interpreting Unlabeled and/or Unsigned Roads from a Map; title: .; title: Using the Known to Interpret the Unknown; title: .; title: 55. Pavement Changes & Unmarked Jurisdictional Lines; title: 56. “No Thru Trucks” – A Beacon of Hope in a Lost World!; title: 57. Map Insets: Risking the Unknown in Urban Settings; title: 58. Following the Escape Artist!; title: 59. Knowing Your Boundaries: The Power of Mental Map Gridding; title: .; title: Developing the GPS in Your Head; title: Observing the Little Cues; title: .; title: VI. Planning Ahead for the Big Trip; title: .; title: 60. Planning the Time of Your Travel; title: 61. Thinking Ahead: Timing Your Gas, Food & Bathroom Stops; title: 62. Using the Internet to Save on Gas; title: 63. Planning Motel Stops; title: 64. Getting an Early Start; title: 65. What About Driving Overnight?; title: .; title: VII. Avoid Tolls:Trading Time for Money…Is It Worth It?; title: .; title: (“Bonus Tips” For East Coast Toll Watchers); title: .; title: 66. Planning Major Alternates; title: 67. Strategizing Around Combined Tolls; title: 68. Alternates in a Jam; title: .; title: VIII. What about the Police?; title: .; title: Psychology Vs. Legality; title: Sensing Police Presence; title: .; title: IX. Conclusion: “Giving Back” on the Road