Category: driving articles

Jul 23 2009 July 23, 2009 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

On your mark, get set, merge!

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During this summer I find myself driving on the freeway almost every day. My kids are playing a lot of baseball and that takes us to many different baseball parks within an hour’s drive away. The freeway becomes a necessity in order to let us reach our destination in a timely manner. The down side…

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Jul 21 2009 July 21, 2009 July 21, 2009 NoComment by safedriver

Is it a circle or a rectangle?

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Have you ever found yourself leaving a parking space, either your driveway or a parking lot, and realized you’ve just ran over something? How embarrassing is that! Could this have been avoided? I believe it can be and I teach my students to do just that. Since we tend to have a very busy lifestyle,…

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Jul 17 2009 July 17, 2009 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Do you drive drowsy?

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Another article written by Scott Marshall, as seen in the July issue of The Driver magazine. http://thedrivermagazine.com/edu_pg32_july_aug.html We all work hard for what we have in life and that’s a good thing. Sometimes we also play hard too. In my case, my kids play hard. Each of my four kids all have activities to go…

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Jul 13 2009 July 13, 2009 April 10, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Are you distracted?

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As seen in the July 2009 edition of  The Driver magazine. Now that the nice weather is upon us, it’s time to go for those family drives. You know what I’m talking about; the ones we hated to go on as a kid, but will now drag our own family on now that we’ve grown…

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Jul 08 2009 July 8, 2009 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Summer driving safety tips!

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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…

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Jul 05 2009 July 5, 2009 October 12, 2020 NoComment by safedriver

Take a walk on the wild side!

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Pedestrians. We started off that way and we may finish up that way, but what we do in between, it’s our call. As drivers we need to look out for pedestrians. It’s true they have their own set of rules to live by and their own set of crosswalk signals, but a lot of the…

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Jul 03 2009 July 3, 2009 July 3, 2009 NoComment by safedriver

Do you ever think “What if?”

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Every day I hear about drivers who have crashed their vehicle into a tree, another vehicle or pedestrians. The follow up to the crash often explains how someone ran a red light, a stop sign or that road conditions affected the crash. Learning how to make good driving decisions takes time, proper training and a…

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Jul 01 2009 July 1, 2009 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Time to stake a claim?

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I like my money. Do you like your money? I thought so. So why do we feel what we pay for car insurance is acceptable? According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, they pay out over 29 billion dollars a year in claims. That’s way too much, isn’t it? Essentially, this means we can control…

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