Category: driver risk taking

May 04 2012 May 4, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Racing a train can throw you off track

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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…

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Apr 25 2012 April 25, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Failing to plan is planning to fail

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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…

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Apr 23 2012 April 23, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Driving through an obstacle course

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Talking about driving is my passion. I will often do my job as a driving instructor for Young Drivers of Canada seven days a week. If I end up with a day off, I’m often driving my kids to different places or running errands I couldn’t do during the week. When people realize I’m a…

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Apr 18 2012 April 18, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

In a hurry….to park?

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I was speaking to a group of new students I was teaching at Young Driver’s of Canadarecently about parking skills. Learning to drive also means learning to park. Most people don’t put a lot of effort into parking choices and skills after they get their driver’s license. Do you? We continued to talk about safe…

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Apr 15 2012 April 15, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Would you, should you?

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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…

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Apr 10 2012 April 10, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Move over and help our society

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I tend to watch a lot of home renovation shows lately, trying to get ideas of how to improve the look of my home. They’re quite interesting, but I find they all tend to reinforce safety while using power tools. When I had my oldest son help me with a project and we had to…

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Mar 27 2012 March 27, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Did you forget you have a bad memory?

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We all tend to forget things from time to time. We may not like it, but we tend to accept it. Its part of life, wouldn’t you say? There are things that tend to annoy us if we forget them though. Things like picking your kids up after their game or activity, running specific errands…

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Mar 20 2012 March 20, 2012 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

My favourite letter in the alphabet is “why”

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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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