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How Scanning Ahead Can Make You a Better Driver
You’ve heard the term scanning, but do really know what it is and how to employ it to become a better driver? First things first, scanning is knowing where, when and how to look 360 degrees around the vehicle for signs, signals, roadway markings and potential hazards. Here’s what you need to know to become… Continue reading How Scanning Ahead Can Make You a Better Driver
How to Safely Check Your Blind Spots
Every driver should know where his or her blind spots are for their vehicle. Do you know where your blind spots are and how to properly check them? Learn how checking blind spots by scanning ahead, communicating intentions and maintaining a cushion of safety can save you a costly trip to an auto body shop.… Continue reading How to Safely Check Your Blind Spots
How to Change a Tire Safely
You’re driving along a stretch of highway, enjoying a beautiful summer day. Construction season is seemingly never out-of-style as you slow down to pass a road crew tearing up the lane next to you. Out of nowhere, you feel your car abruptly tilt to one side. That’s because you just drove over a nail and… Continue reading How to Change a Tire Safely
8 Bad Driving Habits to Kick Quick
Even the most experienced drivers pick-up a bad driving habit or two. All of the bad driving habits on this list are some of the most common offenses and directly contribute to distracted driving. According to the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), distracted driving claimed 3,450 lives in 2016 alone. You owe it to yourself… Continue reading 8 Bad Driving Habits to Kick Quick
How Can You Lower Your Risk of Hydroplaning?
Hydroplaning — the word can be a bit scary for even the most experienced drivers. The event can occur with even the smallest amount of water accumulation and happens when your tires ride on the surface of standing water instead of the pavement. Hydroplaning specifically refers to a film of water that forms between the… Continue reading How Can You Lower Your Risk of Hydroplaning?
Impaired Driving: What You Need to Know
Impaired driving is currently the leading cause of death in motor vehicle crashes. Impaired driving is a problem at all times and days of the week. “Driving Under the Influence” is defined as operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol, other drugs including cannabis (marijuana) prescribed for medical purposes, or intoxicating compounds and methamphetamine. In… Continue reading Impaired Driving: What You Need to Know
Follow These 5 Rules to Reduce Your Risk of Crashing
Your vehicle carries more than just precious loved ones, it holds flammable materials and weighs more than 3,000 pounds. In many cases, it can kill. Understand the risks every time you get behind the wheel and more importantly, what steps you can take to stay safe. Avoid distracted driving. Distracted driving is any activity… Continue reading Follow These 5 Rules to Reduce Your Risk of Crashing
6 Factors That Contribute to Smooth Braking
Braking is a technique worth getting right. When properly executed, braking can ensure your safety, your passengers’ safety, and prolong the life of your vehicle. Who doesn’t like being safe and saving money? Learn how to be most efficient when coming to those four-way intersections. Here’s what you need to know to break smoothly and… Continue reading 6 Factors That Contribute to Smooth Braking
What You Need to Know About Sharing the Road with Emergency Vehicles
At any given moment we may share the road with a wide variety of things; Cars, 18 wheelers, tow trucks, animals, cyclist, emergency vehicles and more. How we drive must change based on this. Adjusting our driving to who we share the road with is just as important as adjusting our driving to adverse weather… Continue reading What You Need to Know About Sharing the Road with Emergency Vehicles