Category Archives: The Daily Drive
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I was on the way to work today and there was a radio ad on ESPN Radio which featured Scott Van Pelt and was sponsored by AllState concerning distracted driving. It was a great ad in that it discussed how much … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Austin Police Department automating writing the ticket
Slow down if you are in Austin on 183. The Austin Police Department has taken ticket writing to the level we have taken online driver safety, through automation. Now tickets can be issued via a Bluetooth device which will save … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Happy Father’s Day
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there from DefensiveDriving.com. My dad taught me and others quite a bit as a teacher. To this day, people I have not seen in a while ask me how my dad is doing first, which shows the respect they had … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |The end result of cutting costs?
As I was listening to the talking heads this morning discuss recent discoveries related to the Deepwater Horizon rig and BP’s knowledge of the problems that existed at the rig prior to the accident, what really struck me was at its very core, the worst environmental catastrophe of our lifetime … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Click it or Ticket Applies for Youngsters Too…
What age is too young for someone to learn driver safety? A judge in New Mexico sentenced a six year old boy to traffic school for failing to buckle up. As a parent myself, I get how hard it is sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Is it funny?
Defensive driving and driver safety is really a serious topic. If you a driver who takes seriously mature driving, why would you attend a comedy club or a comedy website to take defensive driving? Is getting a good laugh more … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Tires
They are your cars shoes and unfortunately, I am in the market for some new tires today. As much as I drive, whether commuting to and from work or on the weekends with the kids, I always need to make sure I have … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |Is your domain name about to expire?
So you got a speeding ticket from a camera and you really have had it with the fines and you do not want to have to take an online driver safety course for ticket dismissal, what do you do? Well, this guy … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |85% of drivers do not know what to do when a traffic light turns yellow
A lot of what we do here at DefensiveDriving.com has to do with education. Recently, GMAC Insurance conducted a study regarding drivers knowledge across the nation. The study can be found at http://www.gmacinsurance.com/SafeDriving/ExecutiveSummary.asp and the results are disturbing. One in five … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Drive |What’s your story?
I’ll never forget, a long while back, I had this car that went, well, too fast and I was in the habit of see how fast it would go. I was on my way to go skiing and I was exceeding the … Continue reading
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