**A contributed post as written for The Safe Driver. It pays to be a defensive driver and practice safety checks on your vehicle before taking it on the road. One crucial step in ensuring driving safety is to check and maintain your vehicle’s brakes regularly. When you’re towing a trailer, you have to do…
Let’s face facts; road safety should be everyone’s concern. Even if you don’t drive, you still have to travel across roads as a pedestrian, cyclist or as a passenger in a vehicle. Being able to see the “big picture” is an advantage to all road users to help protect us all. The big picture is…
Looking back at our childhood often makes us cringe at the things we’ve done. I’ve jumped out of a tree with an umbrella hoping it would act like a parachute. I’ve jumped off a cliff into the lake not knowing how deep the water really was, just to name a few. Maybe the most dangerous…
The summer brings with it a new set of rules for having fun. We see many people traveling for their fun, and often with something in tow. Whether you are towing a boat, camper, motorcycle or cargo trailer you’ll have to change your normal driving habits to adjust to the trailer. Most experienced trailer drivers…