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May 26 2012 May 26, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Do you have any standards?

Posted in Adjusting to vehicles, collision free driving, common sense, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving instructor, driving skills, learning to drive, safe driving, smooth driving, Uncategorized

Do you have any standards? I don’t; I never did. I’m not talking about your values or morals; I’m talking about manual transmission vehicles. I’ve always had an automatic transmission vehicle. I was already teaching students with an automatic transmission vehicle at Young Drivers of Canada before I learned how to drive a standard transmission…

May 18 2012 May 18, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Plan the escape or use the escape?

Posted in angry driving, checking the mirror, collision free driving, cooperative driving, defensive driving, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving skills, flow of traffic, freeway driving, mirror use, racing on public roads, rear crash avoidance, responsible driving, risk taking, road rage, safe driving, Uncategorized

Many things often come in bunches. We’ve often heard that good things come in three’s; but what about bad things? Do they come in three’s too? After the week I’ve just had, I would certainly think so! The risky week started when I was stopped in traffic at a red light. Monitoring my mirror while…

May 13 2012 May 13, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Do you have respect for yourself?

Posted in angry driving, collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driving articles, driving attitude, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving skills, etiquette, flow of traffic, passenger safety, Proactive driving, racing on public roads, respect, responsible driving, risk taking, road rage, safe driving, Uncategorized

One of the main jobs we have as parents is to teach our kids to respect other people and their property. My parents did the same thing with my sister, brother and I and that allowed me to understand what it takes as a parent. We were constantly told to stay off the neighbour’s front…

May 04 2012 May 4, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Racing a train can throw you off track

Posted in collision free driving, collisions, common sense, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver visibility, driving articles, driving stats, looking well ahead, railway crossings, responsible driving, right of way, risk taking, road signs, safe driving, Uncategorized

Heading up to the cottage each year means we tend to drive on a variety of different roadways; some city roads, freeways and highways. With the secondary highways often come railway crossings. In Canada, roughly 30 people every year die from being hit by a train and roughly 600 more in the US. That’s 630…

Apr 25 2012 April 25, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver stress, driver training, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving skills, learning to drive, looking well ahead, planning your route, responsible driving, safe driving, turning left at lights, Uncategorized

Life is so busy. Wait; you already know that. The busier we get, the more stress it seems we also get. Part of controlling the stress we may have while driving is being prepared and having a solid plan. As the saying goes; failing to plan is planning to fail. As a driver we need…

Apr 16 2012 April 16, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Should the minimum driving age change?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver stress, driver training, driver's license, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, driving skills, driving stats, learning to drive, responsible driving, safe driving, Uncategorized

It’s getting close to that time of my life; my son is almost old enough to get his driver’s license. He still has to go almost a year before he can do his written test, but he says he can’t wait. He’ll have to though. He asked me if there is any part of Canada…

Apr 15 2012 April 15, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Would you, should you?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driving articles, driving attitude, Driving in traffic, driving skills, Keeping a licence, Proactive driving, responsible driving, safe driving, Uncategorized

We have all faced this from time to time; temptation. We get tempted to do things we wouldn’t normally do when we get together with friends or if we’re under pressure. When was the last time you felt this way? Do you ever feel any remorse after you’ve succumbed to these temptations? I’ll often see…

Mar 20 2012 March 20, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

My favourite letter in the alphabet is “why”

Posted in angry driving, child seats, collision free driving, collisions, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver stress, driving articles, driving attitude, driving fatalities, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving role model, driving skills, driving with kids, etiquette, lane of least resistance, learning to drive, passenger safety, point of no return, Proactive driving, red light camera, responsible driving, risk taking, road rage, running a traffic light, safe driving, seatbelts, sharing the road, tailgaters, Uncategorized

Raising four kids has been fun and tough at the same time. Having patience has made it easier to keep the kids in line and to help educate and correct them when they’ve made mistakes. As any parent has heard many, many times before, the kids will often ask “why?” after you’ve explained things to…

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The Safe Driver

Category: collision free driving

Do you have any standards?

Plan the escape or use the escape?

Do you have respect for yourself?

Racing a train can throw you off track

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Should the minimum driving age change?

Would you, should you?

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