Hot cocoa. Gingerbread houses. Carolers. Sledding. Snow. Ice. Salt. You guessed it – we’re talking winter. As someone who has lived in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic my entire life, I have certainly had my fair share of winters and have...
Category - Safe Driving Tips
If there’s one thing that we hear a lot about when it comes to hitting the highway, it’s the worries that people have when driving with the big rigs. The big rigs are the 18-wheeler trucks that haul freight across the city, county, or...
Picture this: You’re driving down the highway on a rainy day. You go to turn the wheel, and all of a sudden, you skid on the wet road for at least a split second or longer? What is this phenomenon? Even if you didn’t lose complete...
It’s happened to all of us; we’re driving down the road – maybe we’ve taken a family vacation and haven’t stopped to sleep yet, maybe we’re on our way home from a long day at work or school, you know what I mean...
In order to make our way in the world we live in, many of us make a living somehow. Whether you’re lucky enough to work from home or have to commute every day, each of us must do something in order to provide for ourselves and our...
With over 214 million drivers on the road in the US of A, chances are that many, if not most of them, are driving while distracted. Some people drive and text, some talk on the phone, some eat, and, unfortunately, some even drive while...
As a new driver, there are many things that you might encounter on the road that you may not have had to deal with while driving in your driver’s education class. One of these that I feel is important, especially as they are being placed in...
Driving at night is something that every single one of us has done during our driving career – and likely, it’s something we’ve done often. I don’t particularly mind driving at night; to me, it’s a time when the roads are at their...
If there’s one inclement weather condition that scares the daylight out of me, it’s snow and ice. Living where I do, we don’t get snow very often, so we don’t really have a lot of experience driving in it, and that alone can make for a...
Everyone has driven in the rain at some point in their driving career. Maybe you haven’t driven in heavy rain, wind, or even hail, but we’ve all been caught out in the rain at one point or another. If not – lucky you! Those who have can...
There comes a time in each of our lives where we must leave the comfort and protection of our parents and become independently functioning adults. Perhaps the largest part of this is learning to drive, and though there are some of us who are...
Poor weather conditions can have a major impact on road safety. In fact, 10% of all car accidents happen during the rain and 16% of all accidents happen on wet pavement. So, it is important that drivers learn how to drive in these dangerous...