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What is your attitude while driving? Having a good driving attitude can help save lives. While it is important to have your vehicle in peak operating condition, it is equally important that you have a safe driver attitude. In order to be a safe driver, you need to develop your driving skills in the following areas:

Responsibility – take responsibility for the safety of yourself, your passengers and other drivers sharing the road with you.

Concentration – concentrate 100% on your driving while behind the wheel. Do not drive if you are tired, not feeling well, upset, or agitated. If any of these conditions exist, take a break before driving, or if you can, don’t drive at all. Do not use your mobile phone while driving. In short, do not do anything else while driving except drive.

Anticipation – anticipate traffic signals changing, fellow drivers changing lanes into your lane in front of you and stay out of blind spots of vehicles traveling next to you.

Patience – do not speed up to keep a car from changing into your lane in front of you. When traffic is heavy, do not weave in and out of traffic to try and get ahead of the traffic. Don’t let other drivers bad driving lead you into a conflict with another driver. Just ignore their mistakes and give them more room.

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When you tell someone that you were in a car accident, what is the first question that they usually ask after “Are you OK?” My guess is, “How fast were you going?” The fact is accidents can happen at any speed.

Of course the faster you are going at impact the greater the amount of damage to the vehicles involved, the higher the risk of injury and fatality. Make no mistake, slow moving cars that are involved in accidents can cause damage and injuries also

In fact, in the case of icy road conditions, slow moving cars will increase speed when you apply your brakes to avoid an accident. You will become powerless to control your vehicle to avoid crashing into other cars, buildings, telephone poles and even pedestrians. The best way to avoid an accident while driving in icy conditions is by applying pressure on and off the brakes while steering the car away from possible collisions.

The best way to avoid an accident during icy road conditions is to not drive at all. Unfortunately, most of us do not have that luxury. The next best thing you can do is use snow chains which will give you more traction and control of your vehicle. The last thing you can do to stay safe while driving in these conditions is to keep extra distance between you and the car in front of you giving you more time to react to anything that happens out of the ordinary.

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Because the majority of us earn $75,000 per year or less in income, the constant increases in gasoline prices can affect us greatly in terms of our disposable income. There are some things that we all can do to minimize the impact that those price increases will have on us. The most important thing is improve the fuel efficiency of your vehicle. Here are 7 easy tips that you can use immediately to increase the efficiency of your own car, truck or SUV without spending much money at all. In some cases no cost whatsoever.

1) Turn off your car’s air conditioner unless the heat is unbearable. The air conditioner puts an added strain on your engine which reduces its efficiency. Reduced efficiency equals increased mile per gallon cost.

2) Try and avoid driving during high traffic times. If you have to drive during peak traffic times try and find alternate routes that will require less stop-and-go traffic. Starting and stopping your car increases the amount of fuel that you use.

3) Change you oil more frequently during summer months. Extreme heat breaks down the friction reducing qualities of your oil which causes your engine to have to work harder, decreasing fuel efficiency. Use a higher grade oil, whether it’s synthetic or standard oil that’s been treated with a friction-reducing additive. It has been proven by independent testing that better oils can increase fuel efficiency by as much as 12 percent.

4) Use your cruise control whenever it is safe. Steady speeds can boost your vehicle’s efficiency quite a bit and will make driving long distances less stressful.

5) When driving uphill do not increase your car’s speed. Your engine already has to work harder. Conversely, when traveling downhill, take your foot off the gas and see if you can maintain the speed limit without applying more gasoline.

6) Remove any temporary accessories that are on your vehicle like luggage or bike racks from the top or front of your vehicle. These racks reduce the aerodynamics of your vehicle, thereby decreasing your car’s fuel efficiency.

7) While driving at higher speeds, keep your windows closed. Open windows can cause friction and reduce the aerodynamics of your vehicle.

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