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Aug 27 2010 August 27, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

What is defensive driving?

Posted in being noticed, collision free driving, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, safe driving

For the almost 23 years I’ve been a driving instructor at Young Drivers of Canada, I’ve heard the term “defensive driving” many times. What is defensive driving? Many years ago it seemed like it was about driving slowly, but now it’s more about staying away from the other driver. Do you drive defensively or offensively?…

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Jul 20 2010 July 20, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Monkey see, monkey do

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driving articles, driving basics, Driving in traffic, driving role model, driving skills, learning to drive, passenger safety, practising driving skills, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving

We all go in the car with our friends and family and become passengers, but sometimes we really prefer to drive. It’s not always about being in control. It’s often about staying alive. We’ve all come across drivers who scare us when they’re driving. They either go too fast when they shouldn’t or weave in…

Jun 21 2010 June 21, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Does Graduated Licensing work?

Posted in cognitive training, collision free driving, common sense, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving fatalities, Driving in traffic, driving skills, driving stats, Graduated Licensing, learning to drive, passenger safety, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, responsible driving, safe driving

There’s a large part of Canada and the US that have some form of a Graduated Drivers Licensing program. For the most part, it’s working but can it be improved? The good part of graduated licensing is that it allows new drivers, of any age, to practice a little more often before trying to get…

Jun 10 2010 June 10, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Lines….what lines?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, distracted driving, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, Driving in traffic, driving skills, head on crash avoidance, lane markings, learning to drive, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving

When you play games, do you follow the rules or do you make them up as you go? Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always enjoyed a good game; whether it’s a board game, card game or sport and I always played fair. Playing by the rules is something we have to respect also…

Jun 03 2010 June 3, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Time for summer playing!

Posted in collision free driving, distracted driving, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, packing your vehicle, passenger safety, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, summer driving

The summer; don’t you love it! The beautiful weather, the fun activities and vacation time tend to make it appealing to drive more often during the summer than in winter. Transport Canada statistics show Canadians drive more in the summer. We also have more crashes in summer months. Since we’re doing trips more often, we…

May 26 2010 May 26, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Are you an open-minded skeptic?

Posted in Canada's Worst Driver, collision free driving, common sense, driver responsibility, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, Driving in traffic, driving skills, safe driving

I spend so much of my time teaching people, whether it’s new drivers, new instructors, new classroom teachers or even kids in sports, it’s always an eye-opening experience. I enjoy this part of my life very much, but sometimes I find people aren’t ready to learn new things. It’s always difficult to teach someone who…

May 16 2010 May 16, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

High performance car or low performance driver?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving role model, driving skills, freeway driving, learning to drive, passenger safety, racing on public roads, responsible driving, safe driving, speeding

Ever since I was a kid, I was always dreaming of having a performance vehicle. I thought it would be nice to own and drive a BMW, Mercedes or perhaps a Porsche. It would be a flashy car and would perform amazingly while I was driving throughout my city. How many of you thought of…

May 13 2010 May 13, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Move!

Posted in collision free driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving fatalities, Driving in traffic, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, risk taking, running a traffic light, safe driving

I’ve often written about having an escape route in case of trouble, but when should you use your escape? Remember when you were a kid and were playing “tag”? You often waited until the person who was “it” was close to you before you moved out of the way. Wasn’t that too late? Couldn’t they…

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Category: collision free driving

What is defensive driving?

Monkey see, monkey do

Does Graduated Licensing work?

Lines….what lines?

Time for summer playing!

Are you an open-minded skeptic?

High performance car or low performance driver?

Move!

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