Weather will affect the roadways. Because of this, you need to be familiar with the safe driving tips for any type of road condition. If you’re from Alaska, then we’ve got you covered. Today, we’ll be talking all about the Alaska road conditions and what to do when you’re faced with them. In turn, this will help you...
So you finally got your driver’s license; what a feeling! You’ve been studying and planning; you took a driver’s education course and you read the manual for your permit and driving test. Surely you are ready to take on the world by now! Are you ready to hit the road? Great… let’s go!
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 country. Truthfully, many companies would be lost without their drivers, and these 18-wheelers keep our...
There are a lot of safe driving tips that our instructors and parents have warned us about when taking a drivers education course. These safe driving tips usually talk about topics such as drunk driving and texting, which has become a serious problem in our country. However, it might come to a surprise that most new drivers have no idea how to...
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 control of your vehicle, you just experienced hydroplaning.
It’s almost that time of year again, the weather’s getting nice, you’ve got some vacation time coming up, it’s time to take a road trip. The open road can be a fun place to bond with your family and friends, however since you are driving for long stretches of time in unfamiliar places there can be many risks. So it is important to...
Did you know that 50% of all collisions and 20% of all fatal car accidents happen at intersections? Therefore, it is a crucial part of Illinois adult online driver’s education to learn how to cross an intersection safely. Driving at an intersection is pretty intimidating, especially if the layout is too complex for first time drivers. Although...
There comes a time in each of our lives where we leave the comfort and protection of our parents and become independent. A huge part of this is learning to drive, and though there are some of us who are quite anxious to hit the road, the majority of us – myself included, when I began learning to drive – can’t wait to get behind the wheel of...
If you’re looking for safe driving tips, you’ve come to the right place! As a licensed CDL-A driving instructor, I’ve been through advanced defensive driving courses and have seen it all traveling across the United States in my 18-wheeler. And now, I pass my knowledge onto you! I hope you find these real-world driving tips to be...
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 long haul truck driver, I was always amazed at the sheer number of accidents during snowy conditions...