Category: driving skills

Apr 18 2012 April 18, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

In a hurry….to park?

Posted in collisions, common sense, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving attitude, driving habits, driving skills, parallel parking, parking, parking lots, parking manners, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, Uncategorized

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…

Apr 16 2012 April 16, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Should the minimum driving age change?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver stress, driver training, driver's license, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving habits, driving skills, driving stats, learning to drive, responsible driving, safe driving, Uncategorized

It’s getting close to that time of my life; my son is almost old enough to get his driver’s license. He still has to go almost a year before he can do his written test, but he says he can’t wait. He’ll have to though. He asked me if there is any part of Canada…

Apr 15 2012 April 15, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Would you, should you?

Posted in collision free driving, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driving articles, driving attitude, Driving in traffic, driving skills, Keeping a licence, Proactive driving, responsible driving, safe driving, Uncategorized

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…

Mar 27 2012 March 27, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Did you forget you have a bad memory?

Posted in checking the mirror, cognitive training, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving directions, driving skills, learning to drive, mirror use, planning your route, Proactive driving, safe driving, short term memory, Uncategorized

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…

Tags:cognitive training short term memory Young Drivers of Canada

Mar 20 2012 March 20, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

My favourite letter in the alphabet is “why”

Posted in angry driving, child seats, collision free driving, collisions, common sense, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver stress, driving articles, driving attitude, driving fatalities, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving role model, driving skills, driving with kids, etiquette, lane of least resistance, learning to drive, passenger safety, point of no return, Proactive driving, red light camera, responsible driving, risk taking, road rage, running a traffic light, safe driving, seatbelts, sharing the road, tailgaters, Uncategorized

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…

Tags:bad drivers disobeying rules road raging

Mar 03 2012 March 3, 2012 March 5, 2017 15 Comments by safedriver

Left foot or right foot?

Posted in avoiding a rear crash, being noticed, brake failure, common sense, communicating, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving role model, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, rear crash avoidance, safe driving, sharing the road, Uncategorized

Growing up I saw my parents do many things that I find I do now myself. I think that’s a pretty common thing in most of our lives. They of course were a big influence in our adult lives. That also includes how they drove when you were a kid. I remember watching my dad…

Mar 01 2012 March 1, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Would you turn blind?

Posted in checking the mirror, collision free driving, collision scene, collisions, common sense, communicating, cooperative driving, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving fatalities, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving skills, flow of traffic, left turns at traffic lights, passenger safety, Proactive driving, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, turning left at lights, Uncategorized, visibility

Turning left; it’s one of the most dangerous things we do while driving. Granted, driving in itself is always dangerous. Whether it’s distracted driving, poor road conditions, mechanical breakdown, whatever; it’s always dangerous. Most of the time, our vehicles can protect us with their safety features, but we’re not always that lucky. Considering that most…

Jan 30 2012 January 30, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Please ex-squeeze me

Posted in backing up, collisions, driver stress, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving skills, parallel parking, safe driving

It’s bad enough when other drivers do things to us and our vehicle that makes us annoyed, but when you do them to yourself, you just have to ask yourself “Why?” every now and then. I work downtown and every now and then will walk past vehicles that are parked at the side of the…

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Category: driving skills

In a hurry….to park?

Should the minimum driving age change?

Would you, should you?

Did you forget you have a bad memory?

Would you turn blind?

Please ex-squeeze me

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