As you teach your teen to drive, you and your teen are going to get hours and hours and hours and even more hours of driving practice together. And it’s all completely necessary. Practice makes perfect (almost, anyway). While your teen builds the necessary collision-free driving habits, you’ll probably do most of your training during […]
As experienced drivers, we sometimes take the road signs for granted. I’ve noticed that when I teach experienced drivers, like fleet drivers, if I ask them what the speed limit on a road is, they wouldn’t know. They just know they’re moving with the flow of traffic. This is something many of us do, as […]
When you learn to drive, you learn about following distance, and hopefully you learn to keep a good following distance of about three to five seconds. As you get comfortable driving, though, it’s important not to get too comfortable. What do I mean by that? I mean don’t get so comfortable that you start to […]
I’ve said it over and over that learning to drive collision-free is a matter of lots and lots of in-vehicle practice. However, it’s important to remember that learning to drive happens in the classroom, too. In fact, in the beginning the classroom is where your student learns the most. Reading the text, watching the videos […]
This coaching tip isn’t just for your teen, it’s for everyone that drives (even you!). When you’re driving on the road, the road is not the main focus. (Of course, you need to scan the road for debris, potholes, etc.,) The traffic scene – more specifically, the “relevant” parts of the traffic scene. Where are […]
It is so important, when teaching your teen to drive, that you never put your student in a situation that they are not prepared to handle. You don’t want your teen to get flustered or panic when they’re behind the wheel; that’s a hard thing to shake off and can make them nervous behind the […]
Most vehicles today use an automatic transmission, and unless you’re teaching your teen to use a sport or muscle car, chances are your teen is learning to drive on an automatic transmission. It may just happen to be that the vehicle you have to teach your teen to drive with is a manual transmission vehicle, […]
Most vehicles today use an automatic transmission, and unless you’re teaching your teen to use a sport or muscle car, chances are your teen is learning to drive on an automatic transmission. It may just happen to be that the vehicle you have to teach your teen to drive with is a manual transmission vehicle, […]
The holiday season is on the horizon and for most of us that means a whole lot of rushing around to get things done. We’re rushing to get the shopping done, we’re rushing to get the decorations up, or we’re rushing to get the meals planned and prepared, etc. There is at least one thing […]
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could control the other drivers on the road with your mind? Yes, it would, but you can’t. What you can do, though, is influence other drivers on the road with what you can control, and that’s your own behavior. You can control how much space you leave in front […]