Friday, January 20, 2006

Honolulu Still Doesn't Get It

From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
He learned from City Council members that widening the entire roadway means a speed-limit reduction from 45 mph to 35 mph.
Let's see: Traffic congestion on Fort Weaver Road is a problem, so we'll add another lane. Good. But we'll also lower the speed limit.

Um, yeah. That makes sense.

In my opinion as a driver who learned to drive in Southern California, Hawaii's speed limits are already lower than they should be, and the cynic in me assumes that it is to generate additional revenue from speeding tickets. Whenever there is any sort of traffic accident in Hawaii, the media will nearly always say something along the lines of "speed may have been a factor."

Get over it already. Hawaii drivers aren't bad drivers because they drive too fast, they are bad drivers because the driver's education system in Hawaii is bad. Speed doesn't cause accidents, speed differences do.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Ba-Le in the Star-Bulletin

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has an article today about the sandwiches at Ba-Le. Now I know they're called Bahn mi. And they are very yummy, however I wish more locations carried the teri beef sandwich, in my experience the one on Nimitz Highway near the airport is the only one that has them consistently.

Too bad it's 2,600 miles away...