Category Archives: Helping You Drive Safely
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It can be a high anxiety situation, you’re trying to enter the freeway, cars on the freeway are whizzing by and you’re trying to keep an eye on the cars in front of you. Drivers in the cars behind you … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Teen ‘sexting’ Texas misdemeanor
Did you know… "Teens younger than age 18 could face a misdemeanor charge, not a felony, for "sexting" under a bill filed in the Texas Legislature. Sexting is cell phones are used, typically by teenagers, to send each other sexually … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |IT IS NOT WORTH IT!
DWI Headlines "Drunk Driving Suspect With 4 DWIs Kills Texas Newlyweds" "Man Arrested for DWI After Driving Wrong Way" "Head on collision results in DWI charge" "Woman accused of DWI while driving kids" "Woman admits killing husband in DWI wreck" … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Texas Point System
Oops, there is a “Public Safety Officer” or “Texas State Trooper” with flashing lights behind you. Here’s what to do: Slow down immediately, put on your blinker, and pull over as soon as it is safe. Breathe deeply and calm … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Public Parking
Have you ever gotten into a wreck in a public parking lot? In the past week, I’ve had 3 friends who were involved in a collision in a parking lot. None of them knew how to handle the incident and … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Setting your mirrors correctly
For years, we’d been setting our side-view mirrors so that they gave us a view of the back corner of our cars. This is the way it’s been done for generations – from grandfather, to father, to us! But we … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Don’t stop the flow!
Recently, DefensiveDriving.com gave away an XBox 360 Kinect to a lucky man who told us his craziest driving story. Thanks to all who submitted their stories. I drive 2 hours each day in Houston rush hour traffic. I see so many … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Avoid Blind Spots
When you set your side mirrors out fifteen degrees they become an extension of your rear view mirror. To set your mirror at fifteen degrees for the left side, lean your head over so that it is even with the … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Driving on ice and snow
Ice on a roadway is not like ice in a glass of water. You don’t necessarily see it. If it’s a sunny day you can have glare on the road that makes the roadway look wet when there is actually … Continue reading
Posted in Helping You Drive Safely |Merging into Traffic
DefensiveDriving.com Your Online Driver Safety Solution It can be a high anxiety situation, you’re trying to enter the freeway, cars on the freeway are whizzing by and you’re trying to keep an eye on the cars in front of you. … Continue reading
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