#3500 lives – what are your tips for safe driving?

Don't drink.

Thanks TW.  Good to hear from you!

 

TF

Before starting your engine -- Switch off your phone and fasten your seat belt.

K 

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I adopt a " I'm on holiday" approach to traveling. I plan my route, even googling the final approach to make sure its not too narrow. I drive at a speed I feel comfortable and try to think a head and behind. I'm watching my mirrors for that lorry ot tanker that is going to cause the snake or the boy racer that is going to cut in front of me causing me to break harshly especially going down hill. 

When planning my trip I allow extra time and work out a rough time frame allowing for trafic and the extra weight and my traveling speed. Good luck campers

Having dealt with many thousands of motor claims in my life the basic accidents are due to people turning right accross oncoming traffic, pulling out of side roads and running into the back of the car in front plus  pedestrians being hit.

Basically all are usually down to lack of concentration or not leaving sufficient room between you and the car in front.

You get the odd idiot overtaking when it is not safe or jumping red lights but that is something usually down to silly risk taking and impatience. There is very little you can do about the people who do this or drive drunk so it is really a risk of driving.

Concentrating on the road ahead and not getting distracted by passengers or changing radio programs, or cds or operating heater or other controls is easily the main point here. Under no circumstances drive while tired, as that is possibly the worst thing where concentration is concerned.

Observe

Risk Assess

Drive

This is how I plan my journey. I look at what will have an impact such as weather, road condition, type of road, road traffic etc etc.Then I approach my journey accordingly. 

My father taught me to have 360 degree vision which simply means being fully aware of everything around you. 

Of course when towing we need to have that extra spatial awareness over and above other road users.

Judging from the way people drive, spatial awareness is in a forward facing ninety degree arc extending about twenty feet beyond the bonnet. 

I tend to drive towing or not, by treating all other road users as learners and expect them to be unsure of what they are doing,it seems so far in the 60yrs i have held a full licence to have kept me out of any real problems

this is what the seven girls said:

Keep your mind on your driving
Keep your hands on the wheel
Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead

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