When you’re serious about saving gas, there is an extreme set of fuel-saving methods you can turn to which are called hypermiling. You can practice hypermiling techniques on any car, although some techniques need to be adjusted for the...
Category - Safe Driving Tips
I recently received an email from a high school student doing a research project on whether we should increase the driving age or not. As we went back and forth in our email discussion, he sent me the following: “After looking at a lot...
While you might not usually think about what to do if a deer suddenly runs in front of your car, taking the time to figure that out could one day save your life. Each year, well over one million car accidents involving deer occur in the United...
More people are driving with dogs these days because let’s face it, dogs aren’t the same as they used to be. Well, they’re probably about the same, but we treat them much different now than just a few short decades ago. These...
These drunk driving facts should be scary enough to stop anyone from ever drinking and driving. But unfortunately, people will still continue to drink and drive even as DUI laws have become harsher than ever. Whether you’re a student looking...
These driving tips are specifically for driving in bad weather. With so many large pile-ups in the news lately and with the extreme weather we seem to be having, it’s important to know how to drive in all sorts of weather...
No matter where you live or where you might be traveling, you could suddenly find yourself in a high wind scenario. Not knowing what to do when the wind blows hard can leave you incredibly vulnerable on the road, possibly leading to serious...
Driving in the snow doesn’t have to be dangerous. If you understand proper technique and some very basic physics, your chances of causing an accident is very slim. Of course, you can’t control all the other nut jobs out there! As a...
Driving on ice, or worse, driving on black ice, is extremely dangerous. This kind of driving poses unique challenges and risks. Even the most skilled drivers in the world tend to avoid driving when the roads ice up. If freezing rain is expected...
Cell phone driving has become normal in today’s busy society. Most of us have done it, and I’m certainly no exception. If you never have, then you should be commended and by all means, don’t start now! Conflicting studies make things...
Cell phones and driving just don’t seem to mix well, despite our efforts to make it safer. While hands-free devices may help to a certain extent, it does not solve the problem. In fact, it may do the opposite by making people feel...
Properly setting car mirrors isn’t exactly the biggest topic they talk about in drivers ed classes. Yet, thousands of accidents are caused when drivers change lanes or merge into other vehicles due to improperly set side and rearview...