Defensive Driving Tips and Techniques

You can’t drive very far with your eyes closed without running off the road or hitting something! Impaired vision is a real handicap in adopting defensive driving techniques. If you drive, the health of your eyes, or sight, should be considered paramount. Have regular eye tests and adopt appropriate remedies for any condition which might effect your driving, both during the day, and at night.

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USING a mobile phone while driving became an endorsable offence in the UK at the end of February 2007 and GEM Motoring Assist – formerly The Guild of Experienced Motorists - (GEM), that is concerned for the safety of all road users, has issued a useful list of things you can and cannot do while driving a vehicle.

It says that apart from using a phone that is not fitted with a ‘hands free’ device motorists need to remember that they cannot eat or drink while at the wheel. The driver can smoke, but lighting the cigarette while on the move can prove a challenge as if both hands are taken off the steering wheel the driver may not be considered to be in proper control of the vehicle.

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No one wants to go to traffic school – after all, eight hours in a stuffy room, sitting on uncomfortable chairs and watching outdated, gory videos of the devastating results of reckless drivers isn’t exactly an ideal way of spending a Saturday afternoon.

Sure, sometimes an instructor is fun and witty, making the experience bearable, maybe even enjoyable. But, most people aren’t willing to relinquish a whole day. Time is simply too precious a commodity.

Mike P. Welch knows all too well the realities of some walk-in traffic school experiences, having completed traffic school in August of 2005. In addition to an uncomfortable facility, Welch had to contend with disinterested fellow students and grossly outdated course materials. “The instructor had us watch a video that was from the 1970s and a big segment was on call boxes, which I felt was irrelevant, considering the majority of the population now has cell phones,” he says. Instead of fostering an atmosphere of learning, “half of the students didn’t want to be there and were distracting to the learning process,” Welch says. “I didn’t appreciate the social stigma of having to reveal my violation in front of a classroom of people.

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Since the advent of the internet, defensive driving courses have been much easier to access.  Gone are the days of searching through the phone book for a driving school, investigating each option and trying to make an informed decision.

Internet defensive driving courses have changed all that.  Potential driving students simply log on to their favourite search engine, type in their location and “defensive driving courses” or “driving schools”, and wait for a list to display.  Most online traffic schools provide courses which can be taken online, with only a computer and browser required.  Learning and testing is done online in the comfort of your own home, at a time suitable to busy schedules.  What could be more convenient?

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When you say motorcycle rider, what immediately comes to your mind? Probably, a tough looking man in leather jacket, fiery red helmet and not to forget the mind blowing hard-hitting motorcycle boots. Yes, that’s your typical rider, the stereotype that has stuck for many years.

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But the rider today is not as menacing looking as what we picture, not all riders are men (yes, there are female motorcycle aficionados) and the boots are not as deadly as they used to look. But this stereotype makes you kind of wonder, what is the real reason for wearing these boots? Is it a fashion statement or does it have a higher purpose like protecting the rider? (more…)