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Driver Safety – Driving in a Hurricane

If you find yourself having to evacuate ahead of a hurricane this summer there are four key things that you need to keep in mind:

  1. Planning;
  2. Patience;
  3. Patience;
  4. More Patience

June 1st was the beginning of the 2009 hurricane season and anyone who has tried to evacuate ahead of a hurricane can tell you that traffic conditions will be nightmarish. During hurricane Rita which hit the coast of Texas less than a month after Katrina struck New Orleans, state authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation for 1.2 million people who lived along the coastline but they didn’t count on an additional 1.5 million evacuating as well. As a result, 2.7 million people clogged the interstates leading inland from the Houston-Galveston area. The resulting clogged roads took days to clear up and hampered the ability of rescue workers to provide needed services.

The storms can affect not only those who live along the coastlines. Some storms, long after being downgraded to tropical storm status, caused more death and destruction from flooding in the Appalachian mountains than they did on the coast. Read the rest of this entry »

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Safety Driving Tips

I’ve been a professional driver for many years now and as the busy season on roads and highways is now in full swing, I thought I would offer a few safety driving tips from what I’ve experienced over time. In particular, I would like to focus on those people driving larger recreational vehicles on our busy highways. Like airline travel etiquette, along with eating etiquette, there is and should be a certain amount of driving etiquette. A little common sense and courtesy in how we treat our fellow drivers can go a long way in making our roads safer for everyone and it makes road travel experience much more enjoyable at the same time. For many of us, packing up the motor home and embarking on family camping holidays only happens for a couple of weeks of the year and therefore, we only really experience driving these oversize motor homes for just that short period of time. As result, we aren’t always comfortable driving these big rigs and need to take extra care and precautions along the way.

Safety Driving Tips – Recreational Vehicle Driving

In over 35 years of driving Charter Bus and Transport Trucks, I am proud to say that I’ve never been involved in a motor vehicle collision or have been stopped for any motor vehicle infractions, such as a typical speeding offense. This is largely due to extensive driving training courses taken over the years and always practicing safe driving. I’ve received numerous safe driving awards which I proudly display on the walls of my home office. I have found that drivers who are aggressive, in a hurry and not courteous of others are those we see involved in crashes and the ones for the most part that are stopped by police for one reason or another. If we slow down, relax and enjoy the drive, our highways would be so much safer as a result. Here are a few tips I would like to offer especially for those driving their larger campers and motor homes on our busy highways, especially over the summer holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »

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Parent Role In Teen Driving Safety!

Today’s generation is pretty fast, be it technological progression or driving…everything just zooms in their minds and hands. When it comes to such fast track mode at driving, it is threatening lives altogether. With reasons being the hormone by name “Teen Exuberance”, the youngsters at times go hay wire in their thoughts and actions.

As the proverb says, “As you sow…So you reap”! It implies exactly with the teens, hence it is primary responsibility of the parents and guardians to instill the right habits in the right age!

Co-relating this theme with the driving habits, as you notice that your teenager is anxious to drive your car, take out some time for him or her to guide them. This on-time mentoring can not only save your child’s life but as well safe guards the other road users.

Here are some handy tips for you to foster the sense of driving safety in your teen kids.

Enroll @ teen driving school

Enroll your teen at any of the teen driving schools. These schools impart the essential education on the concepts of driving safety & driving laws. These schools can be availed in two ways. One is of a traditional kind, secondly an online school. Which ever school you opt, you can be assured of your teen learning the safe driving habits along with earning his/her driving permit. Read the rest of this entry »

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