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Jun 25 2014 June 25, 2014 April 6, 2021 No Comment by safedriver

What are bike boxes and how do they affect you?

Posted in alternative to driving, bicycle lanes, Bike boxes, cooperative driving, cyclists, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver training, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving near cyclists, how to drive, lane markings, learning to drive, right of way, safe driving, sharing the road, turning left at lights, Uncategorized

Changes to our driving community often arise based on issues raised by multiples of people. For many years bike safety has been a concern to many and as a cyclist myself and as a parent of 4 kids who cycle a lot, I can fully understand just how scary it can sometimes be while riding…

Jun 24 2014 June 24, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Summer packing – how to do it properly

Posted in backing up, checking the mirror, collision free driving, common sense, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving with kids, how to drive, learning to drive, packing your vehicle, planning your route, safe driving, summer driving, Uncategorized, visibility

As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. As long as I can remember, my dad was always very good with puzzles; especially jigsaw puzzles. He had the patience to put things where they belonged to benefit him later. Maybe that helped him when he had to pack the family vehicle for…

Jun 22 2014 June 22, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Brake early…with no regrets

Posted in anti lock brakes, avoiding a rear crash, brake failure, collision free driving, collisions, defensive driving, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving skills, how to drive, learning to drive, looking well ahead, Proactive driving, rear crash avoidance, responsible driving, safe driving, smooth driving, Uncategorized, vehicle maintenance

Hindsight; we’ve all experienced it from time to time. We end up doing things and after it’s done we wish we had done something else. How often does this happen to you? Perhaps a better question is how often does it happen to you while you’re driving? Do you regret making some of your driving…

Jun 12 2014 June 12, 2014 March 5, 2017 8 Comments by safedriver

Back in or back out? Is there a real difference?

Posted in backing up, collision free driving, cooperative driving, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving basics, driving habits, Driving in traffic, flow of traffic, how to drive, learning to drive, parking, pedestrian safety, safe driving, school zones, sharing the road, Uncategorized, visibility

We are all creatures of habit so much that we rarely change what we’re doing until someone or something brings it to our attention. We do things that we always do hoping to get the same results. Does this sound like you? Well, now is the time to make some conscience changes to your driving…

May 27 2014 May 27, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Distracted driving – what you may have missed

Posted in backseat drivers, Canada's Worst Driver, car insurance, checking the mirror, collisions, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver stress, driver training, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving role model, driving skills, driving with kids, eating while driving, how to drive, impaired driving, Keeping a licence, learning to drive, passenger safety, pedestrian safety, Proactive driving, respect, safe driving, Uncategorized

As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. We’ve heard so much recently about distracted driving that we’re probably pretty tired about hearing all of the problems associated to doing it. Part of the issue is we keep barking at the same problems. People seem to block out what they’re tired of hearing,…

May 20 2014 May 20, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

I’ve found my purpose. Have you?

Posted in collision free driving, communicating, cooperative driving, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver training, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, driving role model, driving skills, how to drive, Keeping a licence, learning to drive, passion for safe driving, practising driving skills, responsible driving, safe driving, Uncategorized

We all have a purpose in life. That’s what I’ve been told and I pretty much believe that, even when life throws you a curveball. When bad news happens to us, we often ask “Why me?” Maybe there was a purpose for it. Who knows. What I do know is we can all make a…

Apr 28 2014 April 28, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

If your vehicles could talk, what would they say?

Posted in collision free driving, communicating, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver training, driving articles, driving attitude, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving role model, etiquette, how to drive, learning to drive, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, racing on public roads, respect, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, speeding, Uncategorized

Remember when we were kids we would talk to our toys? We even pretended they were talking to us. Maybe a few of you actually heard them talk? We used our imaginations a lot back then, but what if objects could actually talk to us; perhaps like our vehicles. What do you think they would…

Apr 26 2014 April 26, 2014 March 5, 2017 No Comment by Scott Marshall

Do you have enough will power to make changes?

Posted in angry driving, collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver stress, driver training, driving articles, driving fears, driving habits, Driving in traffic, how to drive, learning to drive, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, will power

There are so many things we need to do in life that will test our will power. Will you take that last piece of cake for dessert? Will you say what’s on your mind to someone even though you know it will hurt their feelings or make them angry? There are countless of times we…

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