Dont Make Me Pull Over!

Posted on 27 April 2017 by Richard Ratay

A lighthearted, entertaining trip down Memory Lane Kirkus Reviews ,Don t Make Me Pull Overoffers a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips before portable DVD players, smartphones, and Google Maps.The birth of America s first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streaming sans seatbelts to a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations In the days before cheap air travel, families didn t so much take vacations as survive them Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them from being crowded into the backseat with noogie happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at thenext attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn t believe in bathroom breaks.Now, decades later, Ratay offers an amiable guide fun and informative New York Newsday that goes down like a cold lemonade on a hot summer s day The Wall Street Journal In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including twenty foot land yachts, oasis like Holiday Inn Holidomes, Smokey spotting Fuzzbusters, twenty eight glorious flavors of Howard Johnson s ice cream, and the thrill of finding a good buddy on the CB radio.An informative, often hilarious family narrative that perfectly captures the love hate relationship many have with road trips Publishers Weekly , Don t Make Me Pull Over reveals how the family road trip came to be, how its evolution mirrored the country s, and why those magical journeys that once brought families together for better and worse have largely disappeared. 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By Richard Ratay For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Pure nostalgia, both entertaining and informative As a young boy, the last of three boys and one sister, the author was baby of the family As he recounts the road trips he took with his family he used to love riding in the back window of the family car Of course cars were much larger then, and gasp Seatbelts were not required The book opens with a doozy of a beginning, and a near disaster at the beginning of one trip, but as is often the case when something goes wrong, that is the thing or Pure nostalgia, both entertaining and informative As a young boy, the last of three boys and one sister, the author was baby of the family As he recounts the road trips he took with his family he used to love riding in the back window of the family c...Find all of my reviews at knew I was going to have to get my hands on a copy of Don t Make Me Pull Over as soon as I saw the cover I mean, who could really resist the siren song which is that of the family truckster Being that I am of a certain age, my fondness doesn t lie courtesy of film alone No no, I was a willing victim passenger...Camelot Camelot I know it sounds a bit bizarre,But in Camelot, CamelotThat s how conditions are.The rain may never fall till after sundown.By eight, the morning fog must disappear.In short, there s simply notAcongenial spotFor happily ever aftering than hereIn CamelotCamelot, Richard Burton, Songwri...Don t Make Me Pull Over is a tribute to the American family road trip, but the book encompasses a whole host of topics 1960 s and 1970 s pop culture, the history of roads in the U.S including the creation of interstate highways, a short look at airline regulation and eventually deregulation, the development of motels, the creation of the drive through, and so muchMuch like Rocket Men by Robert Kurson, Ratay effectively weaves in fascinating factual detail fluidly providing information Don t Make Me Pull Over is a tribute to the American family road trip, but the book encompasses a whole host of topics 1960 s and 1970 s pop culture, the history of roads in the U.S including the creation of interstate highways, a short look at airline regulation and eventually deregulation, the development of motels, the creation of the drive through, and so muchMuch like Rocket Men by Robert Kurson, Ratay effectively weaves in fascinating factual detail fluidly providing information on whichever topic he has introduced He manages to briefly and efficiently address many side items that add depth and fullness to the story without bogging the reader down with too much information The result is a compulsive and highly entertaining read that kept me turning pages late into the night to finish it My family moved some while I was growing up, and we lived abroad part of the time As a result, we didn t road trip much except the...Gee willikers this is a fun book and blast to the past honoring the great family road trips of days gone by Ratay and I are close in age, both the youngest of four kids and I felt kinship as he chronicles his family s car trips in simpler times before electronics, google maps and seat belts.Ratay has similar humor to one of my favorites, Bill Bryson He intertwines personal experiences with interesting history of our highways and byways, beloved landmarks, and recognizes trailblazers and vision Gee willikers this is a fun book and blast to the past honoring the great family road trips of days gone by Ratay and I are close in age, both the youngest of four kids and I felt kinship as he chronicles his family s car trips in simpler times before electronics, google maps and seat belts.Ratay has similar humor to one of my favorites, Bill Bryson He intertwines personal experiences with interesting history of our highways and byways, beloved landmarks, and recognizes trailblazers and visionaries who were involved in building up our highway infrastructure One of the most compelling historical bits surrounds Carl Fisher, a man who was involved in the construction of numerous high profile projects His rags to riches to rags st...Richard Ratay has written an excellent book about what it was like to travel on America s roads with his family on many family vacations As a person who shares this type of experience with him, I relished this book and his memories of what it was like in the back seat of all ...If the cover and the title make you curious about the book, chances are, you will enjoy it The design evokes nostalgia and humor, and Richard Ratay delivers both In between reminiscences of family road trips from his own childhood in the 1970s, Ratay explores some of the aspects of road tripping, such as the interstate highway system, rest stops, and drive thru restaurants He loo...Wonderful history of American travel, not just family road trips As one reads, memories good and bad will come to every reader Even though long road trips have gone out of fashion, we continued to take ...NostalgicHistoricalEntertainingFun Reading Richard Ratay had me laughing at his family vacation anecdotes AND fascinated by the history elements too along with America s obsession with automobiles and expansion, family dynamic travel nuances, and the hunt for quirky entertainment A delightful read, for the most part Had the lin...Part history, part memoir, this book was a fun and nostalgic read.

English
27 April 2017

Richard Ratay