The Safe Driver – Page 77 – Driving Observations

May 27 2012 May 27, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Are ‘morning people’ better drivers?

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Over the years I’ve learned to become a morning person. It didn’t start out that way, but since I wanted to do more things in the evening, I realized I should start teaching in-car lessons earlier in the day. I like the mornings now as the air is fresh, the sounds of spring and summer…

May 26 2012 May 26, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Do you have any standards?

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Do you have any standards? I don’t; I never did. I’m not talking about your values or morals; I’m talking about manual transmission vehicles. I’ve always had an automatic transmission vehicle. I was already teaching students with an automatic transmission vehicle at Young Drivers of Canada before I learned how to drive a standard transmission…

May 18 2012 May 18, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Plan the escape or use the escape?

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Many things often come in bunches. We’ve often heard that good things come in three’s; but what about bad things? Do they come in three’s too? After the week I’ve just had, I would certainly think so! The risky week started when I was stopped in traffic at a red light. Monitoring my mirror while…

May 13 2012 May 13, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Do you have respect for yourself?

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One of the main jobs we have as parents is to teach our kids to respect other people and their property. My parents did the same thing with my sister, brother and I and that allowed me to understand what it takes as a parent. We were constantly told to stay off the neighbour’s front…

May 06 2012 May 6, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Can’t see the forest because of the trees

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You can’t see the forest because of the trees. You could lose your glasses if they were on your face. We’ve heard these sayings before and many more like them when we can’t seem to see the obvious. Having your mind “elsewhere” tends to make us lose our concentration on what we’re currently doing. We’ll…

May 04 2012 May 4, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Racing a train can throw you off track

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Heading up to the cottage each year means we tend to drive on a variety of different roadways; some city roads, freeways and highways. With the secondary highways often come railway crossings. In Canada, roughly 30 people every year die from being hit by a train and roughly 600 more in the US. That’s 630…

Apr 28 2012 April 28, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Pay attention for shiny things

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Pay attention! We’ve all heard that from our parents when we were kids and we’ve all said that to our kids as parents. There’s something about not always paying attention to what we’re doing that gets us in trouble. One of my kids gets distracted often and we have to keep reminding him to watch…

Apr 25 2012 April 25, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Failing to plan is planning to fail

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Life is so busy. Wait; you already know that. The busier we get, the more stress it seems we also get. Part of controlling the stress we may have while driving is being prepared and having a solid plan. As the saying goes; failing to plan is planning to fail. As a driver we need…