| I've lived in Florida for a long time and one of the things | | | | great place to spend the night having fun with your |
| I love about living here is the many places to go for | | | | family after a day of driving on the beach. As you'd |
| just a day when you want to get away. Summer is a | | | | imagine nighttime beach driving is not allowed. |
| great time to visit any of our Florida beaches and | | | | While driving on Daytona Beach there are certain rules |
| when you live on the beach, as I do, summer is a great | | | | and regulations you must follow. First and foremost is |
| time for not only people watching but talking to some | | | | the speed limit, which is ten miles an hour, it is strictly |
| of them and finding out where they're visiting from, | | | | enforced and they do give out tickets to people who |
| after all nearby Orlando is one of the premiere | | | | don't observe it. This may seem a bit slow but all things |
| vacation destinations of the world. | | | | considered, like people laying and playing on the beach, |
| When people ask me, as a Floridian, where I like to go | | | | it's plenty fast enough. You also have to stay within |
| one of the places I always mention is Daytona Beach. | | | | the designated area, drive too high up and you're in the |
| Daytona Beach is known for many things, like the | | | | dunes destroying them and if you drive too low you |
| Daytona International Speedway home of NASCAR, | | | | could end up stuck in the surf praying the tide doesn't |
| Bike Week in March and Biketoberfest in October. All | | | | come in soon. There are precautions in place, for |
| these things are great draws to Daytona Beach but | | | | instance, if the tide is high or the sand is too soft to be |
| what I like about it is that you can drive on the beach | | | | driven in they'll close the access ramps and no one is |
| there, that's something you can only do on a few | | | | allowed to drive on the beach but of course the beach |
| beaches in Florida. | | | | is always open and free to pedestrians and bicyclists. |
| It's ironic that the first beaches in Florida are on Amelia | | | | From February 1 through November 30 there is a slight |
| Island and you can drive on the beaches there as well, | | | | fee to drive on the beach which goes down after 3 |
| it's like an instant draw to the beach and with over | | | | pm. If you happen to live in the area you can get day |
| 1,000 miles of coastline in Florida, can you blame us for | | | | or annual passes, it's very convenient. |
| wanting to get people to our beaches as soon as they | | | | There has been some recent controversy on whether |
| cross the boarder? | | | | or not people should even be allowed to drive on the |
| I have a convertible, of course, so when we drive on | | | | beach but the simple fact of the matter is that when |
| Daytona Beach we put the top down which is even | | | | you're on the beach either in a car, sunbathing or |
| more fun. You can park on the beach and enjoy the | | | | playing in the surf it's everyone's responsibility to be |
| day besides; you haven't lived until you've picnicked out | | | | paying attention and aware of not only their |
| of your car right on the beach. There isn't anything like | | | | surroundings but of what's going on in their |
| feeling the ocean breeze on your face or looking up | | | | surroundings. After all we want everyone to have a |
| and seeing the Seagulls, Pelicans, Skimmers and other | | | | good time, tell all their friends and come back to |
| birds in the air above you. The Daytona Beach Pier is | | | | Daytona Beach time and time again. |
| right there too, it's been renovated recently and is a | | | | |