Category: parking

May 21 2013 May 21, 2013 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Is this parking lot rage?

I was brought up in such a way to respect other people. There should be no time when my actions should be considered as selfish actions as an inconvenience other people. For example, I will often hold the door open for someone who is following me or has their hands full that opening the door…

Dec 01 2012 December 1, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

If our cars were sponge…

Posted in Adjusting to vehicles, car insurance, collision free driving, collisions, defensive driving, driving articles, Driving in traffic, driving skills, insurance, parallel parking, parking, safe driving, Uncategorized

As a teaching tool for Young Drivers of Canada in the classroom we have magnetic cars which are made of sponge. A lot of my students think they’re cool and funny and often want to play with them during breaks and lunch. My students and I were talking about them during break recently when one…

Nov 15 2012 November 15, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Do you know where your car is?

Posted in Adjusting to vehicles, backing up, Canada's Worst Driver, collision free driving, collisions, defensive driving, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving basics, driving habits, driving skills, lane markings, learning to drive, parallel parking, parking, parking lots, pot holes, practising driving skills, risk taking, safe driving, staying in your lane, steering techniques, Uncategorized, visibility

Do you know where your car is? If I made you look out onto your driveway, that’s not exactly what I meant. I will see drivers hit objects on the road, including driving through the centre of a pothole or hitting poles at the local drive-thru. Why couldn’t they avoid that object or pothole? I’ve…

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Oct 31 2012 October 31, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Canada’s Worst Driver 8…the updates

Posted in Adjusting to vehicles, angry driving, backing up, backseat drivers, Canada's Worst Driver, cell phones, checking the mirror, cognitive training, collision free driving, collision scene, collisions, common sense, communicating, cooperative driving, defensive driving, distracted driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver stress, driver training, driver visibility, driver's license, driving around debris, driving articles, driving attitude, driving basics, driving directions, driving fears, driving habits, Driving in traffic, driving manners, driving near cyclists, driving role model, driving skills, etiquette, eyesight while driving, handling driving emergencies, impaired driving, insurance, Keeping a licence, lane markings, lane of least resistance, learning to drive, looking well ahead, merging on the freeway, mirror use, parallel parking, parking, passenger safety, practising driving skills, Proactive driving, racing on public roads, respect, responsible driving, right of way, risk taking, road rage, road signs, running a traffic light, safe driving, sharing the road, short term memory, signaling, smooth driving, speeding, staying in your lane, Uncategorized

So here it is; another season of Canada’s Worst Driver. This is the 8th year that people try to prove to others they aren’t bad drivers or try to get the much needed help they or other people wish they could get. I like to think that by watching what these drivers do, others who…

Apr 18 2012 April 18, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

In a hurry….to park?

Posted in collisions, common sense, defensive driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving attitude, driving habits, driving skills, parallel parking, parking, parking lots, parking manners, responsible driving, risk taking, safe driving, Uncategorized

I was speaking to a group of new students I was teaching at Young Driver’s of Canadarecently about parking skills. Learning to drive also means learning to park. Most people don’t put a lot of effort into parking choices and skills after they get their driver’s license. Do you? We continued to talk about safe…

Feb 09 2012 February 9, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Would you have the nerve?

Posted in common sense, cooperative driving, driver responsibility, driving articles, driving attitude, driving manners, driving role model, etiquette, handicap parking, parking, parking lots, parking manners, responsible driving, safe driving

I was recently speaking with co-workers when we were discussing driving manners. We included our chat about drivers who park in handicapped reserved parking spaces without permission. What I mean by permission is the permits that are given to those who need it. My father-in-law needs to park there since he has severe difficulty walking….

Jan 20 2012 January 20, 2012 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Another reason to use your side mirror

Posted in bicycle lanes, checking the mirror, collisions, common sense, cooperative driving, driver responsibility, driver risk taking, driver training, driver visibility, driving articles, driving near cyclists, driving with kids, mirror use, parallel parking, parking, parking manners, passenger safety, responsible driving, right of way, risk taking, safe driving, sharing the road

When I’m teaching my students to drive at Young Drivers of Canada, I often try to use the simple approach. The less information and steps, the easier it is to remember them. I also use some of those steps to help my kids become safe and to help plant a seed in their mind before…

May 10 2011 May 10, 2011 March 5, 2017 No Comment by safedriver

Parallel or paranoid…you decide

Posted in Adjusting to vehicles, Canada's Worst Driver, driver risk taking, driver training, driving articles, driving basics, driving skills, learning to drive, parallel parking, parking, practising driving skills, safe driving

What are some of the toughest things and most frightening things that drivers do? You may be thinking of merging onto the freeway, but that’s not it. You may be thinking of driving in heavy traffic, but that’s not it. I’m referring to the dreaded parallel park, or, as some people refer to it; the…

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Is this parking lot rage?

If our cars were sponge…

Do you know where your car is?

In a hurry….to park?

Would you have the nerve?

Parallel or paranoid…you decide

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