Road Warrior

Last week we mentioned the Department of Motor Vehicle’s new law that requires motorists registering their vehicle or renewing their registration to show a proof of insurance card at the counter. The new law, dubbed Nevada Liability Insurance Validated Electronically (LIVE), is designed to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on our roads. It has generated a few excellent questions from several readers.

Every now and again, Alan Stock invites me to join him on his KXNT News Radio morning show to discuss traffic and transportation. After joining Stock last week, I promised to address callers’ traffic-related questions. We are still working on some of the queries, but here are a couple answers I was able to dig up.

On any given Sunday, you can belly up to a Las Vegas bar and down a few shots of Jägermeister. Or stuff 500 dollar bills into the G-string of a stripper. Or place a $1,000 bet on the Saints to win the Super Bowl.
But what if you’re longing to test drive that powerful 2010 Cadillac CTS or Dodge Ram or to sit in a new Chrysler and feel that smooth Corinthian leather? (I know Chrysler hasn’t built the Cordobas with the mythical “fine Corinthian leather” since the ’80s, but Ricardo Montalban made it sound so luxurious that the image sticks with me.)
Anyway, you can’t get into that new car.

Alvida shipped me an interesting incident that happened to a friend in California. She said her friend passed two police officers who were ticketing a motorist on the shoulder of the road. After the man slowed down and passed the two police cars, one of the cops jumped into his vehicle and tracked Alvida’s friend down. He was ticketed for not moving over to the next lane while passing the police.
Alvida’s question: Do you know whether this is a law in Nevada?

With government agencies consistently threatening to cut jobs and services, everyone is a little more sensitive about how their tax dollars are being spent. I get quite a few questions about whether government agencies are efficiently spending money on various projects and services.