Ever since I started to promote road safety more than 30 years ago, I’ve come across some very interesting opinions and some very opinionated people. It does lead to some very interesting discussions, which can be interesting to say the least. One of the things I’ve learned early on is I can’t always change someone’s…
As written for The Safe Driver. We all know that driving can be a highly dangerous activity. Nevertheless, it is still done on a near-daily basis, often without as much concern or caution as all the dangers posed by the roads likely deserve. In fact, many of the dangers of driving come from our…
We all know our lives have recently changed whether we wanted it to or not. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we do many things, yet some people haven’t really thought many of the things we currently still do all the way through. I’m referring to those drivers who drive in a reckless manner, weaving…
As a driving instructor for over 30 years, it’s been known that I talk a lot. And I do mean a lot. In reality, I get paid to talk. Whether I’m training new drivers, re-training licensed drivers, or training new instructors, I have to talk. If I can’t talk, I can’t do my job very…
We face a lot of different laws throughout our lives. We have traffic laws, criminal laws, property laws, corporate laws, labour laws and of course the big one – the laws of attraction. Okay, maybe the last one doesn’t really fit here. However, the rest that I listed here, and the many others I haven’t…
Growing up, I could tell which teachers I had in school cared that we understood what they taught and which coaches I had also cared about their role in our sporting lives. If I knew the phrase as a young person, I would have said they give a damn. This was reinforced often enough to…
Rules; we have them whether you like it or not. Rules as a kid growing up helped mold us into responsible adults. Rules in school helped to guide us while we were educated. And rules throughout our adult life help to keep us in line. After a while it seems we forget about some of…
I’ll sometimes be asked why I write about so many basic driving techniques. It’s simple; not everyone had these skills taught to them when they first learned to drive and others were taught them, but had completely forgotten them over their years of driving. Other reasons I write these types of articles – to get…