Getting your driver’s license represents freedom, maturity and independence. With this newly acquired freedom comes an increased responsibility. Remember however; that getting your license is a privilege not a right. Driving a motor vehicle is a fluid process. Once you receive your license you are continuing to learn and gain valuable experience. The valuable experience required for a lifetime of safe and defensive driving. Passing your road test is only the beginning. Now it is up to you . Take this complex task seriously. Take the lessons you have learned and apply them for a lifetime of safe and defensive driving. Here a few tips to help you pass your road test.
The technology for self-driving cars is already here. It is being continuously updated and refined as we speak! Matter of fact there are some self-driving vehicles already on our roadways!
A recent report on NBC news proclaimed that everyone that drives a motor vehicle has been lead astray by their “old school” driver education instructors. AAA and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration for many years have recommended the 9:00-3:00 hand position. Now many driver education and safety organizations are going one step further and recommending the 8:00-4:00 position. The rationale behind this dramatic change is because of the “violent” deployment of air bags during a collision. Airbags deploy at a speed of over 100 miles per hour. This rapid deployment along with a higher hand position, these authors contend, could cause “amputation of fingers and hands as well as traumatic fractures.”
Did you know that 40% of all accidents occur at intersections? An intersection is created any time two or more roads come together. They come in many different shapes and sizes with very specific rules of driver conduct. There are basically two types of intersections: 1. Controlled and 2. Uncontrolled.
Did you know that 80% of all accidents that occur on our US highways are preventable? Think of all the lives and money that would save our economy if we could actually prevent that many collisions. So, what can we as drivers do to help avoid these costly and sometimes deadly crashes? The first thing you can do is never assume that your driving counterparts are going to do what you expect them to. You have to learn how to take a defensive posture, and predict that other drivers will make mistakes that directly affect us, each and every day that we drive. Here are “Three Defensive Driving Strategies” that will help you to avoid a collision and make you a safer driver:
