Life in a parking lot can sure be different than life on the public roads. Many times when I’m in a parking lot, I witness strange driving behaviours. People stop thinking when they’re looking for a place to park. They want to get the closest place to the door of the building. Why? I’ve watched…
Another article written by Scott Marshall, as seen in the July issue of The Driver magazine. http://thedrivermagazine.com/edu_pg32_july_aug.html We all work hard for what we have in life and that’s a good thing. Sometimes we also play hard too. In my case, my kids play hard. Each of my four kids all have activities to go…
As seen in the July 2009 edition of The Driver magazine. Now that the nice weather is upon us, it’s time to go for those family drives. You know what I’m talking about; the ones we hated to go on as a kid, but will now drag our own family on now that we’ve grown…
The summer; don’t you love it! The beautiful weather, the fun activities and vacation time tend to make it appealing to drive more often during the summer than in winter. Transport Canada statistics show Canadians drive more in the summer. We also have more crashes in summer months. Since we’re doing trips more often, we…
Pedestrians. We started off that way and we may finish up that way, but what we do in between, it’s our call. As drivers we need to look out for pedestrians. It’s true they have their own set of rules to live by and their own set of crosswalk signals, but a lot of the…
Every day I hear about drivers who have crashed their vehicle into a tree, another vehicle or pedestrians. The follow up to the crash often explains how someone ran a red light, a stop sign or that road conditions affected the crash. Learning how to make good driving decisions takes time, proper training and a…
I like my money. Do you like your money? I thought so. So why do we feel what we pay for car insurance is acceptable? According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, they pay out over 29 billion dollars a year in claims. That’s way too much, isn’t it? Essentially, this means we can control…