Friday, January 4, 2008

Safe driving strategies to live by

If you follow these tips below, you will greatly help yourself avoid wrecks, and injuries, and most importantly, everyone arrives alive.

  • Don't drag race ever! People often get killed, usually in the other car, then you go to jail
  • Always wear your seatbelt. Every time we see the news about a couple of teens who die in a wreck, they were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected
  • You are the driver, so you have authority. Refuse to drive anywhere until ALL passengers are wearing seat belts. No exceptions, be FIRM
  • Don't talk on your cell phone while driving, you lose concentration. If you must talk, use speaker phone mode
  • Use the three second rule when driving behind cars so that you won't crash into them when they stop suddenly
  • Don't put yourself in the situation where you are driving home in the early morning hours after a party. Your reactions are much slower
  • Don't sneak out of the house at 2 AM to go joy riding, that is when many teens die. Stay in bed. Wake up tomorrow. Enjoy life
  • Schedule your time better so that you are not in a rush, and risk speeding, or making hasty decisions like weaving in traffic
  • Don't give in to passengers daring you to run red lights or go faster. They are not the ones who go to jail when someone dies
  • Always signal seconds before you turn or change lanes
  • Know all the blind spots on your car by having someone slowly walk around the car as you watch in the mirrors
  • Never drive if you have been drinking alcohol, and don't let anyone else drive who has had alcohol. Take their keys

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