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About me - Prince Alex Cuddleberry

My name is Alex, and I spend a great deal of time on the road with my wife.

I graduated from Advanced Technologies Academy in 2017 and have since been using various vehicles to make money that I can save for any future endeavors. The progress has been slow until recently, but I was eventually able to get my own vehicle for work purposes. It was the only vehicle I could get, and one of the things I wish to do is upgrade to a more fuel-efficient vehicle when I have the chance to do so. Despite this aspiration, as strange as it sounds, I feel a connection to my car, however non-ideal it is in terms of make & model, and I intend on keeping it in good condition for as long as I own it.

If you can't tell, I do like driving despite the cautious reactions I get from those who ask me why I drive so much (over 100 miles in a single day, on average). I think Google Maps is the best thing ever because it is able to use live information about the speeds vehicles are moving on the various roads in the valley in its model for determining the ideal route to take. Plus, whenever you use Google Maps, you are contributing to the data it uses to help you and everyone else decide how to get to wherever they're going. The more people who use it, the better the experience is for those who do use it.

The niche thing I regard with the most solemn mentality is driving safety. Insurance companies are continuing to find new ways to track and justify premium increases. Here's a video I recorded in 2016 of a vehicle passing me dangerously in Las Vegas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSRfhKfMEQ

I attended the 2018 March 9 vigil at the building of the Nevada Highway Patrol Southern Command near Sunset Rd and Decatur Blvd in Las Vegas, in response to the near five dozen lives that were lost on highways in Nevada in 2017. People like the one showcased in my video are the reason we haven't reached zero fatalities. Although I do acknowledge that driving is inherently dangerous, there are still a lot of correctable reasons why that is the case.

I have seen the effects of road crashes, including raw video of the aftermath from the 2017 December one caused by someone on their fourth DUI who killed three pedestrians at Flamingo & Eastern, one of whom was my exact age.  Fortunately, I have only been involved in minor crashes myself (a sideswipe and a rear-end).

I drive all around almost every day, between journeys involving rural two-lane highways (one in each direction) with no protection from opposing traffic other than some paint in the middle of the pavement, as well as dense city traffic, both in the courses of occupation and leisure. One annoying thing is I've been honked at for stopping at red lights before turning right by people I assume to have their licenses.

There are plenty of people who are incredibly dissatisfied with the current state of driving safety. The more "protection" electronic features we implement into cars, the more complacent we become. Traffic fatalities have begun increasing again, and that is unacceptable.

If anyone actually read all of this rambling, I must say that was pretty cool. To everyone, I wish you well (including peace, stability, and happiness), and I hope to get to know you a bit as well. :) 

Write me

You can email me using this link, send me a DM on Discord to alex98.me, or send snail mail to our current PO box:

The Cuddleberries

11519 Kingston Pike #171 

Farragut, TN 37934