Valuable resources for becoming a more experienced and defensive driver.
Posted in Defensive Driving Basics, Defensive Driving Techniques, Road Rage on Jan 6th, 2010
Parking rage is fast becoming as prevalent and dangerous as road rage itself. This very enlightening article by Katie Harvey explains:
Parking Rage:
We’ve all heard of road rage and many of us have experienced it at one point or another. Now there’s parking rage, a lesser known but equally alarming phenomenon fueled by the scarcity [...]
Posted in Defensive Driving Basics, Defensive Driving Techniques, Road Rage on Jul 15th, 2009
It’s not big, it’s not clever and it most certainly is not cool, but even the most docile of us suffer from a bit of road rage now and again.
Overall, I love driving. There is nothing better than driving along a country lane in the middle of summer, with the sunroof open, windows down, and [...]
Posted in Defensive Driving Techniques on Jul 2nd, 2008
Defensive Driving is all about thinking ahead so that you forsee potentially dangerous situations and adjust your driving behaviour to compensate for those situations.Any situation where a vehicle is maneuvering close to another vehicle will cause a defensive driver to be especially alert. Defensive drivers drive with the assumption that other drivers may make mistakes, [...]
Posted in Defensive Driving Techniques on Apr 20th, 2008
Defensive driving tip number 1.The first thing you should do ever 3-7 days is check you tire pressure this will take you about 2-4 minutes. While checking the pressure you should look at your tread. If the tread is low this could cause many problems especially as higher speeds if your tread is low and [...]
Posted in Defensive Driving Basics, Defensive Driving Techniques, Driving News on Apr 10th, 2008
Not only is it dangerous to drive while talking on a cell phone, the practice may be leading to longer commutes. This is due to the fact that drivers tend to slow down while they are talking on their cell phones and can slow the traffic behind them down for miles.
Recent studies have shown that [...]
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