QOTD: What's Your Safety Move?
During a wide-ranging discussion about safety on this week's podcast, our guest John Vincent and I touched upon the things that we can do, as drivers, to stay safe while behind the wheel.
I follow a few basics -- don't drive drunk, go hands-free with the phone, try to keep hands at 9 and 3 (I fail at that last one sometimes). I also turn my head when changing lanes, even when testing a car with blind-spot monitoring -- which is almost all of them.
Oh, and I always wear my seatbelt.
What about you? What do you do to keep yourself and others safe while out on the road?
Go ahead and sound off below.
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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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Two second rule in bright and clear road conditions. Three second rule in dark or poor conditions or following a motorcyclist. 🚗↔🚗 And maintain a safety cushion (emergency maneuver space) around me. 🔄🚗🔃
A horn. A big honking aftermarket horn. Just like those on Lincolns and Cadillacs in the late 60's and early 70's.
Failing that, some misalingned lights on the roof my vehicle which I can turn on as needed.