Driving You Crazy

I haven’t talked to my buddy Skyler McKinley from AAA Colorado in a while and I have a stack of interesting transportation news that is coming out of his office like gas prices, oil prices, summer travel, road trips and a very interesting story about the increase in fatal wrecks even though fewer people have been driving since the start of Covid. Also, how tone deaf is Moovit sending out the below...

There is a study that finds that the water onboard most major airlines that is served to the passengers is so unsafe that you shouldn’t even wash your hands with it. The shocking discovery was made by hunter colleges food policy center and Diet detective.com who investigated the water quality of 23 different US airlines. Joining me today is Dr. Charles Platkin, the executive Director of hunter col...

Colorado’s Department of Transportation has changed and morphed from an agency that took care of roads and bridges and safety campaigns into an agency that is about promoting certain kinds of movement and now even development. There is an article written for the website Complete Colorado by Joshua Sharf titled, Commission turns CDOT into Colorado’s urban planner. Today I welcome Joshua Sharf to ta...

Have you or do you usually buy travel insurance? I rarely do. Covid-19 travel insurance is now required if you want to visit many international countries including many in the caribbean. I speak with travel insurance expert Omar Kaywan, Head of Growth & Co-founder for Goose Insurance to be here on the show to talk about that and travel insurance in general. Also, Athens Greece is getting new sidew...

It has been called the most perilous road in America during the winter season. So who would be crazy enough to keep Colorado's infamous Highway 550 clear in winter? My guest Clint Rhoads, CDOT supervisor and plow driver in southwest Colorado is. Also, new federal commercial drivers license testing could make our highways and truck drivers safer and the unique driver who was pulled over without a l...

How congested will our roads and highways get in 2022? Will we see more people recalled to the office and see the roads filling up? Are people comfortable with sitting on a train or bus with others? I read an article on the Tom Tom blog called, “What is traffic prediction and how does it work?” The link is just below. I wanted to know what traffic will be like in 2022 and how the change in commuti...

We are in the middle of winter and this might be the first time you have driven on snow or ice in an electric car. To talk more about the differences, I invited Tim Waldenback, co-founder of Zutobi Drivers Ed, a gamified e-learning platform focused on online drivers education to help teens get their license to be on the show. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-832-...

What should we expect from the next 12 months of mobility technology? Drew Meehan, Tom Tom’s Principal user experience designer with a focus on user interface design strategy and the implementation of in-dash navigation products joins me to talk about the new technology we are seeing in vehicles. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast...

It’s time again to talk traffic. This time with 8NewsNow Las Vegas traffic anchor Nate Tannebaum. We talk about his long broadcast career, how traffic has rebounded since the shutdowns and of course the Elon Musk tunnel. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.  Contact: 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Nate Tannenbaum: https://www.8newsnow.com/author/nathan-tannenbaum/...

As workers return to the office, where will they all park since most of them feel more comfortable driving in their own car rather than using public transportation. Can you drive a right hand drive vehicle legally in the USA? And Driving You Crazy is my thing but it seems it is a popular thing now for other TV stations to steal. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-8...

It’s the end of the holiday season and my gift to you is taking us all back to driving school. Jeff Westover joins me to talk about the rules of the road and a ton of other great stuff when it comes to driving and doing it safely. Jeff is the owner of several 911 Driving Schools in Washington State. Jeff, now retired, served as a police officer for 18 years. All that and more on the Driving You Cr...

No guest today as we are in the middle of the holiday season. Today I talk about how Mercedes-Benz has become the first and only automaker to win regulatory approval for a Level 3 autonomous driving system. Why does it seem that owners of Tesla’s don’t put the front plane on their car in states that it is required? And a person write to me for some help and offered up a funny story of her stolen c...

Have you ever heard of a Quadrant Road Interchange? It isn’t one of the most famous intersections but it is unique and more are popping up around the country. I’ve invited Aaron Heumann, Transportation Engineering Manager for Littleton Public Works to talk about the intersection and why they are building one along south Santa Fe at Mineral in south metro Denver. What is the most dangerous holiday...

It’s Thanksgiving week so lets talk turkey! Lakshmi Iyengar, data analyst at Jerry, an online car insurance comparison service as well as a licensed insurance broker in all 50 states, joins me to talk about what time is the most dangerous to drive on Thanksgiving day.  Also, are gas prices keeping Americans off the roads or not? Different perspectives from AAA and GasBuddy. All that and more on th...

Today on the show I have what I think is one of the most powerful interviews I have ever done. Today I speak with Ken Snyder, vehicle Technology Expert and Executive Director of the Shingo Institute at Utah State University. Ken’s adult daughter Katie was killed by a drunk driver in October 2017 right after his daughter gave birth to twin premature babies. That event drove Ken to work to advocate...

What is the last thing you would think is a contributing factor to the high number of pedestrians being hit by drivers would be? How about because it is easy to get a car loan. Yes, easy financing, according to an article in Streetsblog, is killing people walking in the street. Researches think the way to reduce crashes inside a tunnel is to play soft, soothing music. And, the 50 most stressful th...

Happy birthday to my favorite podcast ever, the Driving You Crazy podcast is 5 years old!! Today I am joined by David Dowty, Free2Move’s Head of North America to talk about what the service is all about and find out if it is something that will change the world. Also, it is legal to turn right on red at most intersections but do you have to? All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.  Con...

It is a not too distant reality to see a downtown city close off all of the roads to vehicle traffic? Some say that is a good idea. Today I speak to a repeat guest, Emily Kleinfelter, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Denver Streets Partnership who says it is more than bad drivers killing pedestrians and bike riders on city streets. It is also flawed and inequitable street design. Also, why a...

Where are we going to charge all these electric vehicles that are eventually coming to a road near you while you are out and about especially when you are far from your home charging station? Today I have an interesting conversation with Diane Dandeneau, CEO of the iPower Alliance about that and much more regarding plugin electric vehicle charging. Also, I open the mailbag to answer the question,...

Did you know that statistically you are at a higher risk of a crash, including a fatal crash the week following the time change. Today I will speak with Dr Celine Vetter. Dr Vetter is the lead author of a study called A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk and we will talk about how and why the time change makes us more likely to be in a...

It is still much more expensive to rent a car the traditional way than it has been pre-pandemic. There is another option that is becoming more popular, renting out your personal car. Grant Feek, CEO of TRED.com joins me to talk about that as well as person to person buying and selling of cars. Is there a better way to report turbulence on planes so other aircraft can avoid it? All that and more on...

Is It Illegal to Drive Without Shoes? This is a question that automotive writer Jason Unrau set out to answer in an article he has on Bumper.com and he joins me to talk about that as well as a ton of other car questions that come from his other Bumper.com articles. Also, the UK has run out of gas all because they can’t hire enough drivers to move it to the stations. All that and more on the Drivin...

It is time to again talk trucking and what the trucking industry is dealing with during these times. I invited Mike Kucharski, Co-Owner and Vice President of JKC Trucking to be on the show to talk all about what he and other companies are dealing with. Also, how long does it take to clear a truck fire that was hauling a pile of potatoes? Way too long. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Pod...

Imagine this, a world where autonomous cars will match or exceed human safety by 2024 and the technology will grow so quickly that just 25 years later human driving will be outlawed. That is the prediction from Dr James Jeffs, technology Analyst at IDTechEx who joins me to talk all about it. Also, why are the baggage carousels so far away from the gate? All that and more on the Driving You Crazy P...

It’s time to revisit my conversation with Katie Ferguson, also known as Ketchup Katie and Rachel Aul, aka Relish Rachel, two of the Oscar Mayer Hotdoggers who drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile across America. Also, autonomous robotaxis are coming to Germany. All that and more on the Driving You Crazy Podcast.    Contact: 303-832-0217 or DrivingYouCrazyPodcast@Gmail.com Jayson: twitter.com/Denver7...