Here's How To Be Safe Behind The Wheel
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Today we’re talking safety with John Vincent from U.S. News and World Report.
We’re also talking about brake rotors and NASCAR with TTAC contributor Matthew Guy. For the latter, it’s all about the madness at Iowa.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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How to be safe on the road:
(1) Put down the damn phone, ignore the giant screen, and pay attention only to the road.
(2) Don't drive if you're drunk, high, on medication that affects your situational awareness, unusually tired, or seriously sick.
(3) Don't let yourself react out of anger or frustration. Teaching an idiot a lesson isn't worth totaling your car (or getting shot).
(4) Don't overdrive what you can see. Don't ever assume a place you can't see is clear.
(5) Don't push red lights.
(6) Signal turns and lane changes. Turn into the correct lane.
The easiest way to be safe is to recognize the greatest threat to YOUR safety is the driver of a Toyoduh, Honduh, and now a Subaru. They all think they own the road and you must comply with their needs and to get out of their way of their entitled selves.