Category: practising driving skills

Jun 29 2010 June 29, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Are you too nice?

Posted in communicating, cooperative driving, driving articles, driving skills, learning to drive, pedestrian safety, practising driving skills, responsible driving, right of way, safe driving

When is nice too nice? I can see traffic and pedestrians from my office window in our local downtown core. I just watched a driver begin a left turn to enter a parking lot, but stop to let a pedestrian cross. The pedestrian then stopped to let the driver continue. The waving back and forth…

Jun 21 2010 June 21, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Does Graduated Licensing work?

Posted in cognitive training, collision free driving, common sense, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving fatalities, Driving in traffic, driving skills, driving stats, Graduated Licensing, learning to drive, passenger safety, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, responsible driving, safe driving

There’s a large part of Canada and the US that have some form of a Graduated Drivers Licensing program. For the most part, it’s working but can it be improved? The good part of graduated licensing is that it allows new drivers, of any age, to practice a little more often before trying to get…

May 13 2010 May 13, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Move!

Posted in collision free driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving fatalities, Driving in traffic, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, risk taking, running a traffic light, safe driving

I’ve often written about having an escape route in case of trouble, but when should you use your escape? Remember when you were a kid and were playing “tag”? You often waited until the person who was “it” was close to you before you moved out of the way. Wasn’t that too late? Couldn’t they…

May 12 2010 May 12, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

How well do you communicate?

Posted in common sense, communicating, cooperative driving, driver training, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, responsible driving, safe driving, signaling

If you live in a busy household like I do, I’m sure you’ve experienced missed messages that never reached you. Every now and then I find out that someone called me and someone in my house took the message. I never got it. The person who called me may think I didn’t care about what…

May 01 2010 May 1, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Are were really advancing?

Posted in buying a vehicle, collision free driving, common sense, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, Driving in traffic, learning to drive, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, responsible driving, safe driving

Are the vehicles we drive safer, or more troublesome? Are the items added to enhance the appeal of the vehicle making us rely more on the vehicle than ourselves as drivers? I’m glad we’re progressing as a society when it comes to vehicle safety, but are we getting out of hand with these new “gadgets”?…

Apr 06 2010 April 6, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

An experience of a lifetime

Posted in common sense, cooperative driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving role model, driving skills, learning to drive, passenger safety, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, speeding

Driving in different places can be difficult to many people. The fear of not knowing where you’re going can be very overwhelming. Roads you’ve never seen before and higher than normal traffic can lead to high anxiety. I was recently in Montreal and if you’ve ever driven there you’ll already know it’s an experience of…

Mar 24 2010 March 24, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Back to basics…

Posted in driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, Driving in traffic, driving skills, learning to drive, practising driving skills, responsible driving, safe driving, steering techniques

I can’t help it. I admit I have a problem. I watch drivers and can’t fully understand why some people drive the way they do. There’s no logic in what they do and if they haven’t gotten into a collision yet, they’re probably close to it. I’m pretty sure they didn’t drive that way when…

Mar 18 2010 March 18, 2010 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Let the practice begin!

Posted in common sense, driver training, driving articles, driving fears, Driving in traffic, driving skills, learning to drive, passenger safety, practising driving skills, responsible driving, safe driving

I often get asked from parents of new drivers how they can keep their sanity while they sit in the passenger seat when the new driver is driving. Finally, it’s time to help all of the parents of new drivers. It’s time to put down your valium and rejoice! Help is on the way! The…

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Category: practising driving skills

Are you too nice?

Does Graduated Licensing work?

Move!

How well do you communicate?

Are were really advancing?

An experience of a lifetime

Back to basics…

Let the practice begin!

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