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Space Management – A Key to Defensive Driving
Managing space is key to being a defensive driver. In order for any driver to be able to react to situations that come up it is important to have space around your vehicle – front, back and on the sides, if possible. The most critical space is the space you leave between you and the [...]
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Drinking and Driving – A Deadly Combination
The article below is featured in the Spring 2012 MASK Magazine. The danger of driving while under the influence of alcohol is widely known. General awareness and stiffer laws have increased significantly over the years. Here are some statistics that relate specifically to teenagers: • One in five teens binge drink • Only 1 in [...]
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GHSA Reports Teen Driver Fatalities are on the Rise
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) recently published a study that indicates that after an 8-year downward trend, teen traffic fatalities are on the rise across the country. The increase in numbers is not huge, but in my book, a few more teenage deaths are not to be taken lightly. It has been my experience [...]
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Changing the Driving Culture
It is that time of year again when state legislators come together and hundreds of bills are drafted and pushed through the process. This year in Arizona, State Senator John McComish is sponsoring a bill that would ban wireless devices in the cars of new drivers. While I have been accused of being a zealot [...]
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NTSB Urges Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending a national ban on cell phone use while driving. I recently posted this message on DrivingMBA’s facebook page and the comments I received were in favor of the idea. There are concerns as to the difficulty in enforcing this law. What do you think? Those of you [...]
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Why We Should Lower the Minimum Age For Getting a Permit (and Get Parents to Participate in Teaching Life Skills)
by Rich Wojtczak Many of the so-called experts are advocating that getting a permit to begin driver training should be delayed, some even suggesting 17 as the minimum age. Their arguments typically center around immaturity. While I agree that there are some teens that lack the desired level of maturity at 15, the same unfortunately [...]
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Technology and the Skill of Driving
I attended a conference last week and one of the topics discussed was technology in vehicles. I was flabbergasted at the amount of technology that is in many vehicles today and the kind of technology that is being developed for the future. The younger generation really doesn’t care about the vehicles or the safety features; [...]
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Making a Difference, One New Driver at a Time
Hmmmm, why would I want to spend money on driver training? My grandpa taught me how to drive, I can teach my kid myself. Why would I spend so much money on a “video game?” Why would we do simulation – they need to “feel” the car and get “real” experience. Yes, I have heard [...]
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7 Simple Steps to Teaching Your Teen To Drive — NOT
There are no “easy steps” or “10 tips” about how to educate and train a novice driver. Why is it we have to reduce everything to the top 5 reasons, or the 7 tips or 12 steps to do ANYTHING? Whatever happened to recognizing that each of us is a unique individual and we learn [...]
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