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Avoid Distracted Driving and Stay out of a Crash: Three Tips

By | February 22nd, 2018

Driving is a dangerous activity that demands your full focus. But this is hard to do for experienced motorists because for them, driving doesn’t seem to require much effort. However, if something unexpected happens, you’ll have to quickly react to avoid a crash. This won’t happen if your attention isn’t on the road. According to NHTSA, distracted driving claims thousands of lives each year. To avoid becoming a statistic yourself, follow these three tips for staying focused: Stay off the Phone Too many people regard driving as underutilized time. Arriving.

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Driving Above the Speed Limit Can Cause Tragic Car Accidents

By | September 15th, 2016

When you’re running late for work, a concert, or even a family member’s wedding, it can be tempting to drive above the speed limit. But this decision can lead to tragic consequences. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately one-third of all car accidents are caused by speeding, which lead to 13,000 fatalities every year. Believe it or not, many these fatal accidents take place on roadways where the speed limit is 35 mph or less. How Does Speeding Increase the Risk of Car Accidents? Speeding increases the.

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Exercises That Improve Your Driving and Reduce Your Car Accident Risk

By | July 14th, 2016

Motorists with years of driving experience might question the need to improve their driving skills. “Doing” is the best way to get better at something, right? Well, yes and no. It is true that you can’t excel at anything without direct practice. However, practice alone will make you plateau. This is why athletes do specific exercises to improve their performance, and driving a car isn’t any different. The exercises described below aren’t a rehash of your high school driver’s ed courses. Instead, they are exercises that are enjoyable or useful.

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How Seniors Can Improve Their Driving

By | July 7th, 2016

Over the years, seniors experience a gradual decline in their physical and mental performance. While there is no getting around this fact, the rate at which this decline occurs isn’t etched in stone. The following suggestions will slow this decline and extend a senior’s ability to drive safely for many more years. Engage in Brain Training For most of their lives, people constantly learn. The infant and small child must learn to speak and interact with others. From there until their twenties, they go to schools and colleges to get.

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Did an Aggressive Driver Cause Your Car Accident?

By | June 30th, 2016

California is among 15 states that have taken a proactive approach to aggressive driving. The behavior, which can be difficult to pinpoint unless you examine the sum of its parts, is responsible for many a car accident. Speeding. The Insurance Information Institute (III) identifies speeding as a contributing factor to crashes caused by aggressive driving. This behavior may refer to driving at unsafe speeds for current road conditions or a blatant failure to observe the speed limit. Erratic driving. You have undoubtedly seen motorists who weave in and out of.

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Hot Weather Maintenance Tips for Safer Summer Driving

By | June 13th, 2016

Although many people love the hot weather of summer, your car is better off without it. High temperatures just above the hot pavement stresses the components of your car and puts the engine cooling system to the test. Proper summer maintenance not only prevents unnecessary wear and tear and a possible breakdown on the road, it can also prevent a car crash. Have a safe summer by following these three hot weather maintenance tips: Watch and Maintain Your Tire Pressure Of the different maintenance tasks, this one is the most.

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Traits That Cause Aggressive Driving Car Accidents

By | June 13th, 2016

Most of us have encountered them before: they’re the drivers that you see weaving in and out of traffic lanes in front of you, or the car that tailgates you because he wants you to drive faster or move over. They cut people off, speed, and cross multiple lanes at once on interstates. These motorists are aggressive drivers. They are the close cousins of the “road rager.” The difference between the two is that the “road rager” uses his car as a weapon to either threaten or carry out an.

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