Bikers Against Child Abuse
With Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month drawing to a close, now seems a good time to revisit a wonderful group that does good work, Bikers Against Child Abuse. BACA (to use the acronym) is an international motorcycle club with a very focused mission: protecting abused children. Since its founding in the mid 90s, BACA has been there…
Read MoreDefensive Driving vs Driving Safety
A “driving safety course” and a “defensive driving course” are the same thing. Almost everyone calls it “defensive driving” except for judges and attorneys who call it “driving safety.”
The change from calling what Comedy Guys does “driving safety” instead of “defensive driving” is coming from the Texas state agencies that regulate us and other driving safety school. It began when we were governed by the Texas Education Agency, and it continues under the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR to its friends).
So we say “driving safety” to keep them happy, but we also say “defensive driving” because that’s what is common.
Read MoreMotorcycle Safety
Motorcycle Safety for Riders and Drivers During the 1970s, I was in high school and I had a few friends that rode motorcycles to school. It seemed that the guys who rode motorcycles carried themselves with a bit of swagger. Perhaps that was because they had transportation at 15. My brother and I had mini…
Read MorePreparing Your Car for Summer
Preparing your car for summer is important because summertime driving can be so hard on a vehicle. Especially in Texas. Your air conditioner works harder. The air in your tires expand in the heat. Any breakdown becomes more miserable if you have to deal with it on a sunny day with triple-digit temperatures. And longer trips…
Read MoreGrave Warning about Texting While Driving
Batesville Casket Company has been painting a rather grim warning about the dangers of texting while driving onto the back of its delivery trucks. And who says morticians don’t have a sense of humor? Found via BuzzFeed People have enough distractions in their lives. Very few people will make it through a day without being…
Read MoreWork Zone Awareness Week
Each Spring, at the start of construction season, National Work Zone Awareness Week is held to bring attention to motorist and worker safety in work zones. The event encourages safe driving through highway work zones and remembers those lost in work zone accidents. Work zone driving incidents affect everyone.
Read MoreThe Cars of the Future
Just a bit of fun today… For those of you who like to see how people in the past envisioned the future, a YouTube user named paleofuture posted this short film The Cars of Tomorrow, first released in 1948. For the record, I still want my flying car. Found via The Presurfer
Read MoreWinter Driving
Is your car prepared for the winter? Winter driving brings with it added challenges and dangers. The Federal Highway Administration reports that roughly 22% of all car accidents are weather related. Don’t be part of that statistic.
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