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Road Warrior

Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on Twitter.

Flashing lights must be lawful

This week readers want to know if a motorist has to pull to the right for a private security vehicle and what are the height limits on vehicles?

Gas prices climbing — again

Despite the recession, an oversupply of oil and falling demand for fuel, gasoline prices have continued to climb, reaching a year high locally of $2.68 for a gallon of regular.

The Gasoline Tax: Break It Down

This week readers want to know why gasoline stations do not list the cost of fuel taxes at the pump; and do the Nevada and California motor vehicle departments exchange information with each other?

A long wait for interchanges

This week, readers want to know if there are plans to build an interchange at Starr Avenue and Interstate 15 in the southern valley, and if the DMV doesn’t ask you to pay a tax, do you still have to pay it? The Road Warrior has a special rant for the express lane project on I-15 on the California side of the border, and a reader knows of at least one optimistic motorist in these troubled economic times.

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If you can, smile at DMV

I’ve always suspected the reason most people aren’t smiling in their driver’s license photo is because their facial muscles are numb from having to wait a couple hours at the DMV.

Baffling Beltway to be addressed

This week readers want to know whether there will be more work done on the Las Vegas Beltway near Aliante Parkway in the northern valley; and should motorists wait for the cones before merging at a lane closure.

Appealing Citations

This week readers want to know what the appeal process is for a parking citation at McCarran International Airport; and is it legal to put a “student driver” sign on a car if you are not affiliated with a professional driving school?

To Yield or Not to Yield

This week readers want to know if you still need to stop at a stop sign if there is also a yield sign (Confused? Don’t worry I’ll explain.) and is there any way to avoid getting a temporary permit if you buy a car from a friend?

Supply up, demand down

It’s getting to be that time of year when gasoline prices start creeping up.

In Nevada, stop always means stop

This week, readers want to know is it sometimes wrong to stop at a stop sign and whether you have to register a car just because you own it, and the Road Warrior answers an off-the-road question that really has nothing to do with streets, valley construction or state law.

Never-ending construction

This week readers want to know when is the horror on Martin Luther King Boulevard going to end, and why is Las Vegas Boulevard, near Planet Hollywood, reduced to one lane at night. And the Road Warrior learns that flying cars could be a reality sooner than we think.

Innovations let parents control kids’ driving

Imagine being able to control how fast your car goes without being behind the steering wheel or holding a gun to the head of the person driving.

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