Category: respect

Jul 02 2015 July 2, 2015 March 5, 2017 5Comments by safedriver

Has your driving mentality changed?

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As written for Driving in the Real World Let’s face facts; life is busy. We know that. We fill our lives with our jobs, family, friends, and adult responsibilities each and every day. It’s sometimes difficult to focus on the things we need to because we’re so busy. We also tend to take many things…

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Feb 21 2015 February 21, 2015 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Safe Driving Week should last a full year

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As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. Throughout Canada we generally have two weeks of the year that focus on safe driving; one week in the spring and the other at the end of the year. This is usually brought to the interest of drivers through various organizations and government. The reasoning…

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Feb 06 2015 February 6, 2015 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

For some drivers, what would it take…

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Where ever I go I often get asked driving advice. People want the little bits of information that will either prove to them they’re doing what they’re supposed to do, or advice to help them with things they never really knew. Often the purpose of my articles is to inform drivers of both of those…

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Jan 06 2015 January 6, 2015 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

When you learned to drive, were you really ready?

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Deep down we all do things for a reason. Even as kids we did what we wanted, but when asked by our parents why we did what we did, we often replied “I don’t know”. Perhaps we were embarrassed with our personal reason for our actions, or perhaps we knew the person asking the question…

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Nov 03 2014 November 3, 2014 March 5, 2017 2Comments by safedriver

How distracted driving really affects your abilities

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As written for The Insurance Bureau of Canada. Please visit their blog; Remember as a kid you kept hearing the same things from your parents over and over again? The interesting thing is after some time, we tended to ignore what our parents said until what they were warning us about actually happened. This also…

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Aug 19 2014 August 19, 2014 November 29, 2020 NoComment by safedriver

Be careful, we know who you are

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Growing up with red hair, I was easily spotted by people I knew. It was a little tough to hide in a crowd. One of my kids also has red hair and it’s fairly long. He too gets recognized by others in a crowd. People would come up to him and say they saw him…

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Jul 24 2014 July 24, 2014 November 25, 2020 4Comments by safedriver

Questions for a tailgater…

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When I’m teaching my students at Young Drivers of Canada I will often remind them to ask questions any time they feel confused or aren’t sure what to do next. I promote the asking of questions, including with my kids. What better way to find out an answer to a problem. With this in mind,…

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May 27 2014 May 27, 2014 March 5, 2017 NoComment by safedriver

Distracted driving – what you may have missed

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As written for The Insurance Hunters. Please visit their blog. We’ve heard so much recently about distracted driving that we’re probably pretty tired about hearing all of the problems associated to doing it. Part of the issue is we keep barking at the same problems. People seem to block out what they’re tired of hearing,…

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