As we dive into summer, I look forward to our family vacation. My wife and four kids and I are off to a cottage this summer. To prepare ourselves for a trouble-free drive of 5 hours, I took our van in for a check up. The sad news was that our air conditioning wasn’t working….
I recently wrote about when you should learn how to drive – http://thesafedriver.ca/2009/12/03/when-should-you-learn-to-drive/ – but after thinking about this and talking about this with others, I may have forgotten a big part of this process. After you learn how to drive, do you drive for the sake of driving, or do you really need to…
Don’t you just hate procrastinating? I was going to make a list of reasons why I procrastinate, but figured I’d do that later. Do we do that while driving? Do we wait until the last possible moment to do something, when we realize we should have done it sooner? I’m referring to drivers who are…
Here’s a debate for you to think about; parking your vehicle or using the drive-thru. Drive-thru’s were designed to keep the busy person moving along. To a lot of people, taking the drive-thru means we save time from getting out of our vehicle. But really, does it save us that much time? We have so…
I know that we’ve been told many times that life is a journey; but is driving also a journey or is it a race? I witness many drivers who seem to be in a race. They weave in and out of traffic as if they are a current driver in the NASCAR series. What do…
I’m in the process of teaching my kids how to save their money. I want them to have spending money, but I also want them to understand how to save for bigger items. Saving money can be difficult for many people. One of the best lessons in business is if you want to increase your…
I unfortunately have to drive in rush our traffic; just like most Canadians. I enjoy my job and do look forward to getting to my office each morning. I also have to use logic as I drive. I can’t move any faster than the traffic in front of me, so why try. Are you patient…
What kind of vehicle do you have? I drive a van because my family’s needs require it. I used to have a small station wagon, but it didn’t provide enough seats for my wife, my 4 kids and myself. I couldn’t really ask my son to hold onto the roof rack while I was driving,…