Defensive Driving Tips
Driving can be aggravating and downright dangerous.
Other drivers will do things that annoy you, inconvenience you, and even endanger you.
Or you may have some bad driving habits yourself.
And even the best drivers can learn a few tricks and techniques to make them safer on the road.
We hope that these defensive driving tips will help to make you a safer driver.
Defensive Driving Tips
Winter Driving...
Over the River and Through the Woods
The Challenges of Winter Driving
by Gene McGuire
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Why Safety Belts Matter...
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What to Do After a Crash...
“I’m an Excellent Driver”
What to do if you are in an auto collision
by Gene McGuire
Althou[...]
Valentine's Day Driving Tips...
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Too emotional to be driving?...
The idea is simple: anything that affects how you think also affects how you drive.
And that incl[...]
Tire Maintenance...
(Our guy Tom Lenaghen as a very unique sense of humor,
and it's obvious all through this [...]
Tip 1 - Pay Attention...
Pay Attention to Your Driving Environment
Paying Closer Attention to Traffic and Road Conditions Wi[...]
Take Me Home Country Road. But Safely Please...
There is a misconception that it is more dangerous driving in cities than in the country. While en[...]
Safe Driving Tips for Teenage Drivers...
Hey there, Parents.
Life is great, isn’t it? You have your bills under control, you just came bac[...]
Roadside Repair Safety...
Roadside repair safety is one of the many dangerous things that a driver may encounter, yet most of [...]
Preparing Your Car for Summer...
Preparing your car for summer is important because summertime driving can be so hard on a vehicl[...]
Minimize Collision Damage: Take the Path of ...
(Updated Feb 14, 2017
Originally published 12/28.2015)
Of course, you should always avoid a coll[...]
Littering in the Lone Star State...
Littering is tossing down, on purpose or accidentally, any trash that does not end up in a prope[...]
Impossible Texting and Driving Test...
We've talked many times about the dangers of texting and driving, but there are still people who don[...]
How to Prepare Your Car for Summer...
For many of us, summer time means family vacations, and making time to prepare your car for summer d[...]
How to Avoid Road Rage...
Sooner or later, every driver gets into a situation that makes them angry.
Most of us stay ration[...]
Halloween Driving Tips...
Halloween poses some interesting conditions for drivers.
For a few hours, residential streets bec[...]
Driving on Icy Roads and Snow...
For most of us, driving is the most high risk activity we engage in.
Bad weather conditions, [...]
Driving in Rainy Weather...
Driving in rainy weather is something that every driver in Texas will face sooner or later.
We do[...]
Driving in Rain and Floods...
Photo by a_whisper_of_unremitting_demand
As the seasons change in Texas from winter to spring, ou[...]
Driving Hacks from Experienced Drivers (vide...
Here's a collection of 16 driving hacks to make your driving safer or more convenient, from the [...]
Defensive Driving Tip 2 - Speed Limits...
Defensive Driving Tip 2:
Speed Limits
The speed limit is the speed limit when conditions[...]
Bicycle Safety...
About 4 million Texans ride bicycles every year.
But Texas ranks 33rd among the states as far as [...]
Be Careful on Short Trips, Too...
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Back to School Driving...
With summer ending and kids heading back to school again, it's a good time to remind ourselves of ho[...]
Avoiding Auto Mechanic Rip Offs...
Avoiding auto mechanic rip offs essentially comes down to one thing.
Trust.
Finding out who dese[...]
8 Right of Way Principles...
“Right of way” is the name that we give to the rules governing which car gets to go firs[...]
10 Tips for New Drivers (video)...
10 useful tips for new drivers.
Well, it says "new drivers," but just driving around Dallas, I ca[...]
10 Most Dangerous Bad Driving Habits Worldwi...
We've all seen bad drivers on the road.
Of course we have. After all there are so many of them.[...]
I appreciate what you said about knowing who has the right of way as very important to defensive driving. I also agree that safe driving has a lot to do with knowing the proper following distance. A lot of people follow other drivers way too closely when driving.
I agree. Statistics keep showing that following too closely is in the top ten reasons car crashes occur.