Planning a road trip across the US? The USA Road Trip Planner is our free PDF guide to planning a road trip with a rental car, from the route and budget to the right car, safety tips and classic drives like Route 66, the Overseas Highway and Colorado's mountain passes. How do you plan a road trip in the USA? Pick a destination and route, check the weather along the way, … [Read more...] about The USA Road Trip Planner: Free PDF Guide
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Is Clinton Road Haunted? A Guide to America’s Top-Ranked Haunted Road
Clinton Road is 10 miles of two-lane highway through the woods of West Milford, New Jersey. By day, it's a pretty drive past reservoirs and rocky ridges. After dark, it has more ghost stories attached to it than almost any road in the country, which is why SIXT's study of the most haunted roads in America put it at number one. We've rounded up the legends, dug into the … [Read more...] about Is Clinton Road Haunted? A Guide to America’s Top-Ranked Haunted Road
What Is a Haunted Drive-Thru? Everything You Need to Know
With only your headlights cutting through the fog, something steps out of the mist and drifts past the passenger window. You can't run, and that's the whole idea: you're buckled into the driver's seat, and the only way out is forward. That's a haunted drive-thru. Some drive-thrus last just a few minutes, while others stretch across acres of woods. Choose well, and the drive … [Read more...] about What Is a Haunted Drive-Thru? Everything You Need to Know
How to Drive in Traffic: Essential Tips for Drivers
Your GPS just added 20 minutes to your arrival time, the brake lights ahead stretch for a mile, and someone 2 lanes over tries to squeeze into a gap that isn't there. If it helps, you're in good company. The typical US driver lost 49 hours to congestion in 2025, 6 hours more than the year before, according to INRIX. That's more than a full workweek spent looking at the car in … [Read more...] about How to Drive in Traffic: Essential Tips for Drivers
HOV and Carpool Lanes Explained: Rules, Hours and Who Can Use Them
Rush hour can stretch a 20-minute drive, but there's often a faster lane right beside you. A high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane is a highway lane reserved for vehicles carrying a minimum number of people, and it's one of the simplest ways to swap brake lights for open road. And there are plenty to choose from: in 2023, California alone had about 1,557 lane-miles of HOV lanes, … [Read more...] about HOV and Carpool Lanes Explained: Rules, Hours and Who Can Use Them
