I had never intended to have a car in Japan, though. I was actually really excited when I got a job in Japan, because I thought it meant that I wouldn’t have to invest in or borrow a car to get to work. Now, in Osaka, of course you can get by without a car. My friends and I traveled around Kyoto and Osaka with relative ease by train and subway, and I only went in a car about four times total in one semester.

Those four times, though, gave me a horrible impression of driving in Japan. It’s not that the Japanese are bad drivers, but I constantly got the impression that all of them were picking up some radio signal telling them “You can totally back up now! That guy will stop!” or “Well, of course you can turn right here even though you can’t see at all!” and I, having my internal radio set to Channel Gaijin, couldn’t hear it.

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 Grissom Parkway’s outside westbound lane and the exit lane to S. C. 31 will be closed to traffic from 5:30 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. Grissom Parkway’s outside eastbound lane and exit lane to U. S. 17 will be closed from 6:30 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. A... 17 Bypass will be closed to southbound traffic from U. S. 17 Bypass/Kings Highway split to 48th Avenue North from 5:30 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. The intersection at 48th Avenue North will remain open, with normal traffic flows.  62nd Avenue North, west of U. S. 17, will be closed from 5:30 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. YMCA and Barc Parc patrons may access each by taking 38th Avenue North or 48th Avenue North to Wild Iris Drive to the back entrance of the YMCA/Barc Parc parking area.  Grande Dunes Boulevard will be closed to non-event traffic from U. S. 17 Bypass to the Grande Dunes guardhouse from 4:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. NOTE: Residents of Grande Dunes, Cliffwood Estates and Bal Harbor must use Cliffwood Drive to leave and... Here’s a list of the lane and road closures and times related to the weekend triathlon.

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