Thursday, March 7, 2013

Driving Tip: Pay attention to your driving.

When you are coming to a stop, make sure your vehicle is completely stopped before you turn your attention to something else such as the radio or music player. It is surprising how far your vehicle can travel in what you think are just a few moments of inattention to your driving.


[Excerpt from Driving You Safely p. 21]

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Driving Tip: Maintain lots of following distance.

...Some people say to count two seconds, but this is a bare minimum of following distance. Give yourself some extra space with the three-second gap. Four seconds is probably getting to be too much, but if you have the luxury of this much following distance, consider yourself fortunate, and enjoy it!

[Excerpt from Driving You Safely p. 28]