Driving in fog is considered to be the most dangerous weather hazard, especially if it is exceptionally dense fog or combined with other adverse weather conditions. Foggy conditions are the number one cause of large multi-car pile ups. However...
Category - Safe Driving Tips
For whatever reasons, incidents of vehicles hitting animals on roads in the United States are increasing. According to State Farm, in one year alone 1.2 million accident claims that involved a vehicle striking an animal were filed. The...
Driving a vehicle is full of challenges for short people – challenges that can affect your safety. While you can learn to live with the difficulties, you’ll be much safer if you address them early on in your driving career so that...
Texting and driving is a major issue in our society today. While most people do realize that texting and driving is dangerous, there are still a significant amount of drivers who continue to text and drive. The reasons people continue to...
Keeping a safe following distance is by far one of the easiest, yet most commonly broken rules of defensive driving. Even if you follow all of the other defensive driving techniques, you can’t possibly be a safe driver unless you follow...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), seat belts have saved nearly 300,000 lives in the US since 1975. The lives saved are those of people involved in serious motor accidents – accidents that would have...
If you want politically correct driving tips, you’d be much better off checking out my top 5 defensive driving tips. The driving tips presented here is nothing anyone has learned in driver’s ed. Just posting this list might make...
We all know driving is dangerous. We also know there are a ton of terrible drivers out there. And yet, just about everyone claims they are a great driver and it’s everyone else that is terrible. But if we’re being honest here...
Back when I was a long-haul truck driver, I used to love driving through the mountains. I frequently drove through the Appalachian Mountains as well as the Rocky Mountains. However, driving through the mountains can be a very dangerous...
Even though electric vehicles are quickly entering the car market, gas-powered cars are here to stay for a while longer and most of us won’t make the switch to electric vehicles for many years to come. With a vehicle being a necessity...
Driving is not without its risks as any driver is well aware. However, these risks can be minimized with attention to safety. Whenever and wherever you drive, it’s important to keep these top safety tips in mind so you can contribute to...
Walking is great exercise and can be a pleasurable, relaxing activity, but it can also be hazardous when sharing the road with vehicles. With the alarming increase in serious injuries and fatalities for pedestrians, several states have enacted...