Category Archives: Driving and Safety Tips
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Entry for our 2016 spring scholarship is now open! We will be giving away $1000 to one college student or high school senior who makes the best Twitter video using the hashtag #lifewithoutcars. You can read a full breakdown … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Driving and Safety Tips, Road Trips |Misunderstood Driving Laws: 6 Rules of the Road that Most People Get Wrong
Congratulations! You’ve earned the right to get behind the wheel of an automobile. You passed the written exam and the driving test, and you would never dream of intentionally breaking any of the driving laws that you have … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Defensive Driving Tips, Driving and Safety Tips |Cruising and Cursing: What is Road Rage?
We’ve all been there. You’re cruising down the freeway, carefree and singing along to the radio. When suddenly, out of nowhere, another vehicle appears and cuts in front of you, causing you to slam on your brakes, swerve, … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Defensive Driving Tips, Driving and Safety Tips, Helping You Drive Safely |Drivers Permit Practice Test: Are You Ready for Your License?
Learning to drive is a rite of passage for teenagers and others alike in the United States. Millions across the country have spent countless hours learning the rules of the road and getting used to life behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Defensive Driving Tips, Driving and Safety Tips |The Safest Cars for 2016
Each year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) tests new vehicle models across the board to determine their overall safety. Using a series of specific tests, the IIHS is able to then give ratings to each car, … Continue reading
Posted in Car Stuff, Defensive Driving Online, Driving and Safety Tips, Helping You Drive Safely, news |What Can We Do to Stop Distracted Driving? 5 Possible Solutions
Distracted driving is probably the biggest single threat facing American drivers today. With our phones constantly by our sides, our devices never switched off, and seemingly less and less time to accomplish even simple tasks such as eating … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Distracted Driving, Driving and Safety Tips, Driving Distractions |Minnesota Driver Caught Reading a Book While Driving
Distracted driving is always dangerous, and usually associated with phone use more than anything else. Sometimes however, you do see occasions of people eating, or even doing make-up behind the wheel. On even rarer occasions, we see instances … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Distracted Driving, Driving and Safety Tips, Driving Distractions, news |10 Methods for Dealing With Road Rage
Road rage can be a serious problem. At the very least, it will make you and those around you unhappy, but at worst, it can actually cause dangerous–and sometimes fatal–situations. So if you find yourself succumbing to road … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Defensive Driving Tips, Driver Safety For You & Your Family, Driving and Safety Tips, Everyday Driver |New Year, Safe Driving
The amount of traffic fatalities on American roads sadly always spikes around holidays, but there is no holiday that is worse than New Year’s Eve for causing wrecks. The main problem no doubt comes from the lethal combination … Continue reading
Posted in Defensive Driving Online, Defensive Driving Tips, Driver Safety For You & Your Family, Driving and Safety Tips, Drunk Driving, news |New Report Lets You Know Which Roads to Avoid This Thanksgiving
A new report published by the American Highway Users Alliance details all of the worst bottlenecks across the country, making it the perfect tool for avoiding traffic this weekend. Predictably, Los Angeles makes a number of appearances on … Continue reading
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