Category: driver risk taking

Oct 23 2010 October 23, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Which rules do you follow?

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Raising my kids has been an adventure. They’re all old enough to recognize good from evil; most of the time. They will also tend to do a lot of things they see me do. You know the saying; monkey see – monkey do. Do you think kids will copy the bad things you do? I…

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Oct 12 2010 October 12, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Don’t let your space be violated

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We all have a purpose when we enter a parking lot; to find a place to park. There’s really more to it than that. Parking lots are risky places to drive. People are leaving their spots with the hopes of escaping the crowds relatively unscathed. Pedestrians walk between vehicles so they can take less time…

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Oct 06 2010 October 6, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

To park or not to park…

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It’s a known fact that for most people, owning a vehicle is the second most expensive item you’ll own in your lifetime, besides a house of course. We tend to look after our house by doing maintenance and cleaning it. We wouldn’t do anything that would cause intentional damage to our house, so why would…

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Sep 24 2010 September 24, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Driving stressed is your choice

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I’ve often given advice to the new instructors I’m training at Young Drivers of Canada about how they should plan their day. Starting their days off with either a good student or a polite student will always help them get off to a good start. It allows them to enjoy the opening of what could…

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Sep 23 2010 September 23, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

If your lights go out…

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Since it’s getting a little darker a little sooner these days, we tend to use our headlights a little earlier if we’re out after dinner. Have you ever had both of your headlights burn out at the same time? Would you know what to do if that happened to you while driving on a dark…

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Sep 14 2010 September 14, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

One way or two way?

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Sometimes we’re in so much of a hurry that we make poor choices in our life. As an example, how many of you have locked your keys in the car when you arrived late for an appointment? I used to carry a spare key in my wallet for times like that. But how can you…

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Sep 03 2010 September 3, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Come on…move over!

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There are times when rules change and the general public is unaware of these changes. I will often search out government websites to keep myself up to date, but that can sometimes be hard to do when I’m too busy and away from my computer. Then there are times when rules change and we learn…

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Aug 12 2010 August 12, 2010 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

If you could go back in time

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We’ve all done things in our past that we wish he hadn’t. As a kid, we did things because of peer pressure or because we were in a hurry. Seconds or minutes later, we could have kicked ourselves because of what happened. Haven’t you had moments like that as a kid? Have you ever had…

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