Guard your safety by actively creating space around your vehicle, never allowing yourself to get “boxed in.” Defensive driving means having adequate space, it creates time and helps you avoid collisions. Maintain at LEAST three seconds of following distance, more if you can. Adjust your position in traffic as necessary to avoid driving in others’ …
This means keep your eyes UP and looking down the road. Many drivers focus on the road only 5 or 8 seconds ahead. Defensive Driving means you should be looking about 15-20 seconds ahead of your vehicle, farther if you can. This gives you the time to recognize and avoid most potential hazards before they …
Driving safely is all about attitude. In fact, all I can really teach you is attitude. Think about it—if you’ve been driving for a while, you know most all the rules—OK, so maybe you do need a refresher occasionally—and you know how to do Defensive Driving. You may not think you do—but you do. You …
Sloppy driving breeds mishaps! Most everyone knows the basics of the defensive driving and traffic laws; signaling for 100 ft before changing lanes, proper lane position for turns, turning into the proper lanes, complying with black and white plus red traffic signs (Yellow signs are warning signs) not entering the intersection when making U-turns at …
In my home town, drivers reportedly run red lights 120,000+ times each day! First, there are two basic types of red light runners—there’s the daydreamer or distracted driver who just doesn’t see it, and then there’s the driver who’s impatient and accelerates on the yellow signal instead of stopping and waiting the average 45 seconds …
In addition to seat belts, we also recommend size-appropriate child safety restraints, ABS brakes, and air bags tire pressure monitoring and Electronic Stability Control. Child Safety Seats: As a defensive driving practice, children under age five should be restrained in approved child safety seats, buckled properly into the vehicle, even when they seem “big” enough …
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Without a doubt, seat belts are the most significant safety device ever invented. Seat belts do several things for you. They provide impact protection, they absorb crash forces, and they keep you from being thrown out of the vehicle. Modern vehicles are built with “crumple zones,” and seat belts are an integral part of the …
First, let’s get this straight. In Arizona, the “real” standard for Driving Under the Influence is “Impaired to the Slightest Degree.” This is a serious issue for drivers in Arizona, roughly 40% of all deaths in automobile accidents are directly related to driving under the influence. The first thing that comes to most folks’ minds …
Driving at a speed that is higher than reasonable and prudent is not defensive driving, it increases your risk in two ways: it cuts your reaction time and results in more “stored” energy (that must be dissipated in any collision). You should consider if the risks are worth the gain.This is the science of math …
“Nobody ever yielded their way into a collision.” Think about it. If you are in doubt about who has the right of way, give it away. The other guy may be wrong, but you can end up hurt or dead. We often say no one HAS the right-of-way until it is yielded to them. (Keep …
