Category: planning your route

Jun 30 2015 June 30, 2015 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Which month has the most vehicle crashes?

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For years I would ask the question to drivers; which month of the year has the most vehicle crashes? Typically I would get December, January or February. But that’s not the case. Do you have any idea which month has the most crashes? How does July sound? After revealing the answer, I would often see…

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Jan 03 2015 January 3, 2015 March 5, 2017 1Comment by safedriver

Clear your vehicle of snow properly…then you can drive away

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As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. After every snowfall I see the same problem on many vehicles – not enough snow and ice cleared from the vehicle. For many people, their excuse is it’s too cold outside to do the entire vehicle, I only have to do enough to see and…

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Dec 13 2014 December 13, 2014 August 11, 2021 4Comments by safedriver

Are you a quirky driver?

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Let’s face it we’re all quirky from time to time. I think some people are quirky more than others, but if you think about it, we all do things that make other people take a second look at us or even laugh at what you did. Drivers are no exceptions. Here are a few quirky…

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Sep 12 2014 September 12, 2014 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Missing your turn doesn’t have to happen…

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Planning your route No one is perfect. We all make mistakes from time to time. However, after making a mistake do you learn from it? Can you think rationally after the mistake to pull it all together and complete what you wanted to do? Some people panic after making – in their mind – a…

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Jun 30 2014 June 30, 2014 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Learning to deal with “Are we there yet?”

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As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. Staying focused on driving is something every driver has to do, but with so many distractions, it seems to become more and more difficult. The biggest discussion about driver distraction over the past few years has been cell phone use, but there’s one big distraction…

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Jun 24 2014 June 24, 2014 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Summer packing – how to do it properly

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As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog.   As long as I can remember, my dad was always very good with puzzles; especially jigsaw puzzles. He had the patience to put things where they belonged to benefit him later. Maybe that helped him when he had to pack the family vehicle for…

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Aug 29 2013 August 29, 2013 December 11, 2020 4Comments by Scott Marshall

Define “professional driver”

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I think we’ve all done things that were a little risky throughout our lives. Sometimes we do them without much thought. Hindsight is great though because after doing what was essentially wrong and/or dangerous, we realized it was something we shouldn’t have done to begin with. What would possess us to do things like this,…

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Jul 04 2013 July 4, 2013 February 14, 2021 NoComment by safedriver

Steady pressure wins the money

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We all know there are times when we push the envelope and try to get ahead. For many of us, we only think about the immediate and not about the future. But what about long term? Do we think about our long term goals or objectives enough, especially while driving? Probably not, but it’s never…

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