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Rash Driving – A major cause to teenager’s accidents in the state

Many a times, we have a word ‘Rash Driving’…So what is this rash driving exactly? Many a times this word is linked up with teenagers, and youngsters. Holding a possession of new vehicle no matter whether a two-wheeler or four-wheeler is one of the glorious moments in the life of a teenager. Being in the age of adolescence, they do not understand how important it is to drive vehicle safely otherwise can lead to fatal accidents which can harm your body your entire life. Possessing a vehicle makes them proud and they often cross their speed limit to impress others… It is truly said Speed thrills but kills…and this saying gets real in case of rash driving. Not all roads are automobile affable. Apart from deficiently paved roads, traffic sense is the potential center of accident happening on the roads. Parents are responsible for teenage accidents as they do not even think once before handling the vehicle keys to their children at a young age. At certain age, children love everything that i

Seat Belts can make you safe in case of car crashes!!!

Negligence in wearing seat belts while driving builds in more victims in car collisions. Survey shows 50% of people get killed in car accidents due to not wearing seat belts. Tying seat belt can be effective in saving your life and minimize injuries you get from the road crash. Before starting the vehicle, drivers must ensure that all passengers including him are using seat belt. Government has also made a rule for wearing a seat belt and if police officer finds you driving without a seat belt, you may have to pay fine. It is a fact that wearing seat belt appropriately has radically increased the likelihood of survival in meeting an accident. Seat belts usage may reduce the ratio of people dying and getting injured possibly will reduce to some extent. Whenever you met a collision with opposite vehicle coming straight to you, seat belt can stop you collide on the front side of the vehicle and gives you proper grip to withstand the crash. A study shows that passengers in a vehicle have 3

To Keep Teen Drivers Safe Is Very Important

When it comes to American rite of passengers, the parents hold up more keys to the car. This is usually key to instilling safe driving habits in their children. The parents need to get more familiar with the risk factor around crashes, then take steps to minimize those risks which help parents prepare teens to take on wheels. The preparation for each of children is different in this course. The major causes of teen crashes are distractions like cellphones, iPods, especially passengers. The additional person riding along, would increase the risk which may wreck out easily. Observing the speed limit then on and wearing a seat belt will help keep teen drivers safe. Speeding is the No.1 cause of teen driving which would help develop defensive driving course. There are various tips described for defensive driving for teens: (1)Communicate : One need not to shy away from tough subjects like alcohol & drug use impacting their driving. (2)Ride together: The best things the parents do is

Texas Parents Increasingly Turning To Parent Driver Education

With the national recession on its way, many parents are looking forward to more cost effective method for their teens to complete driver education. With traditional driver education course being coasted at around $400.00 dollars an online Texas driver course would cut its way in the half itself. There are various state approved parent taught Texas driver ed course to take teens from getting into drivers license. Our course offers parents the opportunity to work on with the teens from classroom learning to know behind the wheel instruction. As there are no classes, parents & teens can work the drivers effects into own busy schedule making them work at a pace which Is comfortable to learner. This new legislation went into the effect in September 1,2009 which mandates additional requirements for teen drivers. This House now requires applications under the age group of 18 to take exams for a driver license. This course has been updated with all the latest requirements which are manda

Target On Safe Teen Driving

There have been recent incidents were five people lost their lives on Kansas roadways leading to four crashes. Out of this the three victims were teenagers. So to evaluate the needs for the same the law enforcement officers would be out in force for the weekend across the state making and enforcing traffic laws to keep roadways safe. Out of five accidents four of them were involved in one vehicle accident. A new course is being offered at Topeka Driving School which puts into practice some of the good off-road management recovery procedures which had been done for the work of law enforcement. The advanced driver course is being offered for four hours in the classroom and four hours behind the wheel. This course is for those who want to avoid head on collision to bring safety vehicles back on the road. Making a course practical in nature would offer you four hour coaching which is spend in driving them. The school students are taught the proper ways to wear seat belts and learn about th

Online Defensive Driving Courses Being Offered At Central East

When drivers need to go to school, it doesn’t mean that you need to be in classroom. The East Central is now offering online driver improvement courses to Niagara Orleans Area. The drivers can take this course to reduce the points for their license making them achieve an automobile insurance discount. This 10% insurance reduction is good for around three years. It is actually very similar to regular class where you just don’t have to sit in. The online courses are being offered since the late 1990’s but the NewYork court just approves them for point and insurance reduction. A Californian course company uses videos, interactive simulations and animation which would help present the information. There is a demo on Website which would help explain how to use the site. This online course takes the drivers through a series a chapters covering them with a range of topics like traffic, law, driver impairments and emergencies. The users need to explode the effects of alcohol and other drug rel

Safe Driver Course Set For SJH-Elmer

South Jersey HealthCare Elmer Hospital would sponsor a driver safety program on Wednesday. The seats for the same would be available for a two day course. The participants who really want to opt for this course would require to attend both the classes which are being run for four hours each day. On successful completion of this course each attendee would receive a certificate which would qualify you for a 5 percent reduction in violations against New Jersey driver license. The Driver Safety Program is nation’s first and largest classroom course which is designed specifically for drivers in age of 50 or younger. This course emphasizes safety and defensive driving class teaching with new laws and rules for the road. It teaches one how older people can adjust the driving to compensate for age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time as to how one can handle problem situations making them a left-away turn, with free away driving, blind spots and driving distractions. It also te

Staten Islanders Improve Driving School

Six hours of life can add up to the large amount of savings on car insurance which would improve driving record if one signs up for state approved defensive driving course. One can save a trip to classroom with various courses being offered online which would help you study at your own pace without having to spend a full day. The state Department of Motor Vehicles began offering a handful of online defensive driving which when completed would save drivers 10% on collision and liability premiums and get around discount of 4 points for speeding vehicles. Among the options the online course is offered at a partnership which promises to lend a comedic bent to subject matter which includes collision prevention, defensive driving tips, how to avoid aggressive driving and effects of alcohol on the usage of road. This course are being offered at both online and offline ways. They are being offered a 6 hours of instruction which on successful completion will give a certificate that drivers woul

Caravan Towing Being Taken To Bid

A caravan towering instructor has been called off for mandatory training in the wake of three car crashes on Sunshine Coast Section on Bruce Highways. Tony Nicholas from Little John Driving School on the coast said that drivers needed special licenses for vehicles and trucks which weighed more than 4.5 tones but there were no requirement for drivers as to hit the road with a heavy caravan. A Brisbane couple’s holiday came to abrupt end when the caravan just rolled out to north of Nambour Connection Road. A 69 year old man driving a four wheeler drove towards a caravan and rolled them on Saturday at Wild Horse Mountain. After around three hours, a four wheel drive towards caravan which was involved in an accident got caught in minibus towering a trailer near the Pumicestone Road overpass. Such crashes are due to lack of education and preparedness. There is no law which requires people to undertake training to safely tow a caravan which would not make one feel go for any obligation to do

Vigorous Action Being Taken Against Rash Driving

There are drivers who don’t stop for red signals. They speed up so fast that they would change lanes loose a control on the brakes make hand gestures and threaten other drivers. The state of Georgia wants such people to notice that such dangerous antics are now being targeted with a heavy penalty. The law enforcement officials say that aggressive or rash driving is dangerous when a large truck fully loaded is behind or ahead of rash driver. The fully loaded truck weighs over 80,000 pounds with a sizable advantage over passenger vehicles. In comparison to this a typical car weighs from around 4,000 to 5,000 pounds. When this two vehicles collide, the smaller vehicles will more likely be injured. A survey by the National Highway Safety Administration revealed that three out of four people injured in accidents are from passenger vehicles. This is the reason that G-TACT act is being laid down on rash driving around heavy trucks. During the act, the law enforcement officers issued 444 cita

Citizens Of New Staten Can Take Online Defensive Driving Classes

The citizens of New Staten Island can take up online defensive course with saving their money going into classroom. Along with it this class would have an advantage making you learn the course at your own pace. This course is being approved by Motor Vehicles which would help the drivers save upto 10 percent on collision and liability premiums helping them to save upto 4 points for moving violations. The course is designed in an edutainment way to deliver the people course with funny images and jokes to make the course humorous. But this humor would not distract the learners from the subject line but would make them catch the attention so that they can learn better. Such online course use biometrics so as to check the typing pattern which would ensure that the same person is going through the course. The classroom and online courses are being offered six hours of instructions and cover the same material which would result in a certificate that drivers can present to the insurance compan

North York country course would give drivers new views

At the age of 50 years a non professional driver was very happy spending time in the morning classroom brushing up the driving skills. Taking such a course made them feel that refresher course is really a good option as made them more safe drivers. This class is about two session, and eight hour which is intended to create better drivers and make roads safer which would cover variety of topics as to how prescription and over the counter drugs which would impair a driver to protect the younger drivers. This class is aimed to teach the importance of defensive driving skills. One needs to pay attention to driving rather than applying any cosmetic things to their lives. A refresher course for a good driving is very important. One needs to drive around 600 to 1,000 miles a week to work for insurance sales. In this course people get trained into live cases after which they understand importance of defensive driving. One of the participants got a speeding ticket on his birthday in which the c

Safety Driving Class Requirement for Student Parking

Around half of students confessed when a question was being out forward as to how flip-flops were experienced by them while driving on school. On getting such a response the officers asked to them that while driving your foot from accelerator to brake, a flip-flop can hang one’s foot and get caught in brakes pedal. The exchange was informal but was very much informative. As per the rule the high school students of Pasco would be able to get the parking passes only after taking the Safe Wheel Class, which is a one-day four-hour session based on the classroom portion of Florida Driver Challenge. This course is designed to give the young drivers a better understanding of the principles of safe defensive driving. Initiating such a program is really good as the accidents arising due to lapse of attention are increasing with around 25% of young ones involved. A tangible change in driving habits was seen which would lead to the district giving blessing to take the course to each and every hi

Royalty Drivers Can Save On Auto Insurance

The New York Drivers can save on auto insurance and reduce their points by completing DMV-approved online course at Defensive Driving Discounts.com. Through this course the New York drivers would receive a minimum of 10 percent reduction in the base of automobile with removing of as much as 4 points. The New York Drivers can now complete the approved Defensive Driving Course Online which would complete the course, with drivers receiving a minimum of 10 percent reduction in base rate of automobile and motorcycle liability with insurance premiums for each of three years. This insurance reduction program will remove as many as 4 points from driver’s official New York DMV driver record. One needs to visit Defensive Driving Discounts.com to register for a complete course online. The New State Department of Motor Vehicles approved the Safety Council’s online defensive driving course for Internet Point and Insurance Reduction Program.

School Bus Drivers Trained To Avoid Mishaps

In less than 2 weeks, there are numerous buses that would crisscross Wake Country. There is a little tolerance for error in such buses as they make around 25,000 stops each day. Last year, several Wake Country parents complained that their children were dropped off at wrong school bus stop. In Wake Country Public schools, officials said that they were having protocols to keep in place from happening to them again. Due to such complaints the bus driver would be required to attend defensive driving workshops. Each year their routes were configured which would accommodate new students with them. So before the school starts, the drivers would be required to take bus for a road test. They would be required to spend half day going out and run their routes which would make certain hit every stop. This is the goal for them but it has never happened. Last year, a Wake bus driver dropped off as a first grade at wrong bus stop which would lead to incidents with year round students. The best thing

Khp Conducts Safety Program for Trucks

The Trucks Patrol Safety program conducted by Kansas Patrol and supported by Federal Motor Carrier Safety is in the midst of third consecutive year. This program has been supported by state since July. This program combines companies and drivers which operate large trucks with the Patrol with an effort to reduce injuries and death which are related to truck crashes. The TOPS Program provides one an opportunity to ride with professional semi truck drivers. The onboard large trucks will have a support to view front seat, document and violate the troopers on the patrol in immediate area. Each week the violation data for the city is being calculated and posted on Kansas Patrol’s web site. Using this program the state laws and federal regulations are being enforced for large trucks. All the trucks, trailers and drivers which use Patrol are donated by industry. The companies for the same partner with a specific region of the state market the resources available to them. In south central regi

Driving Classes for Mothers Involved In Accident

There was an incident where a 45 year old lady saw her daughter enrolled into fines of $100 with a sentencing her to a four hour defensive driving course. The lady busted out in tears when judge accepted the deal. The investigation revealed out that Smith’s vehicle went into path of 30 year old Brevard Country which was travel ling towards Wick ham at 40 mph speed limit. This incident lead to death of 2 passengers with one seriously injured in crash. Due to this incident the lady has been faced fines up to $1000 with a six month driver’s license suspension and a fine unto $154. The judge for this case said that he would withhold settlement only if Smith agreed to the driving course. The lady has 6 months to complete the driving course and pay the fines along with the ordered cost for the court.

New Law Being Passed For Safer Taxes

The Natal Transport Alliance is in constant talks with State Government for allowing rules which would require only experienced and legal drivers to drive on the road. This plan is an ongoing effort which would help you to create a “safer taxi industry” for this region. Its aim is to decrease the number of high road deaths which are occurring on provincial roads. The Natal Transport Alliance group said in an interview that they would employ drivers who are in the age group of 25 years and have their Public Driving Permits for around 2 years from now. We are in the discussion with provincial government for the same matter. One of the idea officials have thought of is to create a credible database for all registered taxi drivers which have experience and legality which needs to be verified. He said that the meeting must also ensure that industry would be legalized and all illegal taxi operators should be out. The taxi industry was crucial which would make the province and country

Defensive Driving Course Stress Out Life

There is a four mandatory program which is required for defensive drivers of Gaffney. This program is being introduced by school district people in cooperation with National Safety Council. Their goal is to establish and achieve student driver behavior modification which would save up lives of people. The drivers who are in age group of 15-24 years are eligible for one day classroom sessions. One of the officials of this course said that they want to help young drivers making decisions which would result from texting on cell phones which are being distracted by passengers, speeding, substance abuse and other reasons. The national statistics are a result which shows that vehicle crashes are leading cause of death in age group of 18-24 years of age. Out of which around 50% of death are alcohol related which is causing havoc all round the state. One of schools in Carolina implemented this program due to high number of death. Due to the implementation of this course the death toll has redu

Driving Defensively Improves Road Safety

One of the leading defensive driving schools in Dubai has started a course which would help people to improve driver’s skills to an advanced level. This new course is entirely different to the previous methods of non interactive styles. Such styles would aim at developing a driver’s skill through individual coaching techniques. The new course would ensure the safety of other driver from having accidents. It is being offered to those who already have a driving license built in them. With almost majority of the accidents occurring due to human error it has become all the more essential for drivers to work on driving and improve their skills to gain awareness among all who would improve the skills and safety on the road. The defensive driving course teaches drivers to think in a manner that would realize what other drivers might be doing in for.

Talking on Cell phones While Driving Is Dangerous

Every year someone in the legislature attempts to pass a law making the ban on cell phones usage while driving. But the latest cause is to celebrate a ban on text-messaging making them prohibiting of usage of all emergency phones usage. Such measures have been taken up to get enough traction in the legislature and governor’s office so as to become law. This will not stop organizations from trying to make up laws and rules for the same. The Prima Country’s cell phone users prohibit employees from making the usage of country cell phones for personal reasons or to make usage of landlines more. So this law has ultimately leaded to usage of cell phones being banned while driving vehicle. In case of emergency the employees would be required to take caution and park at the closest leading to parking of space and curb up the cellular telephone usage. Seeing this the citizens of the country are required to sign an acknowledgment when getting into a country issued phone and one needs to take def

Ban on Sending Messages While Driving

The awareness campaigns to drive against those who are driving while driving have been present in the past 20 years. The efforts of group include MADD and SADD along with Indiana State Police Program which have been pulled over to make people realize and think that getting on the wheel while driving is very much dangerous. But everyday people realize that engrossing in an activity while driving is more deadly than driving drunk with sending out the text messages while driving. According to a NewYork study they found that there is eight fold increase risk of crashing while texting out for the ability to multitask. Talking on cellphones increases the risk of crashing to 4 times which equals to about 0.08 amount of blood. These statistics are very distratous when we see that many people everyday are driving when talking on the cellphones. Also the messaging text while driving has been banned in many states. So those who have not banned would require a law that would ban text messaging whi

Defensive Driving Makes You Stay Safe On Road

As summer is nearing approach, more and more Canadians would be coming on the road which reminds us that taking defensive approach towards driving can lead to prevention of road accidents. Taking a proper course into defensive driving reduce the risk of accidents which are anticipated by dangerous situations despite the conditions or mistakes of others. Such drivers are required to take every measure to prevent accidents from occurring which would result out of their driveway. It is always important to ensure that pressure in tires, oil and gas levels, lights and mirrors are all checked in when going out on the road. A driver driving on the road should recognize that what he should do in case of emergency and make one self prepared for all types of weather conditions. One always needs to be aware of surrounding traffic and constantly scan for situations where there are likely chances for becoming defensive driver. Always give three seconds for vehicle driving ahead of you, with avoidin

Houston Ranked Least In Safe Driving Survey

There are people who say that driving on the road in Houston in best days is very difficult. It’s a total nightmare with people who can’t manage to drive the speed limit on freeways and lack the street signage across half the town. A lot of construction in this state which is seems a never ending process lack the signature and so many streets and even highways get completely different names on random sections. There are reports which states that Houston comes under the category of least road rage services. Last year the city was ranked beyond top 10 cities all of which contributed to move “up” drivers in Houston which are tied with San Diego for no.1 spot in terms of seeing other drivers too fast. A recent survey states that when it comes to talking on cellphones behind the wheel, Houston stands on second number to admit that while driving they are on their cell phones. Seeing this one can say that Houston traffic is not a joke. But there is no solution to it. The only thing one can d

Seniors Driving Study Aimed To Dispel Myths

A National Study had been done aiming to provide old drivers with clean records which are safe and licensed taking the dangerous drivers off the roadways. The program has been designed by Canadian Driving Research for its vehicular safety which is aimed to provide some of the myths associated with seniors to drive . The document received by the study aims at providing some of the safest drivers on the road which are old drivers aiming to reject any calls for age-based restrictions. This program receives on an average $5.5 million grant from the state and currently recruiting around 1,000 elderly people to participate in such course. To check their driving capacity and quality a electronic device will be attached to participants car. Also tests would be done which includes physical and mental functions test to let doctors analyze the seniors who are safe drivers and thus would ensure to avoid risk of car crashes. The drivers above the age of 60 must come from various countries which inc

Safety Signs In Naperville Put Drivers On Alert

At the Naperville city streets the advertising limit has a population of 144,560 street employees having a parking ban which is less that typically achieved. This city is one of the cities which posts warnings about red-light cameras at its borders, making it effective in preventing crashes. The traffic cameras centers achieved a lot of debate after which a survey found that putting such cameras were useful as it curbed dangerous incidents of red light running away as the drivers had in their mind that somewhere on a camera they might be watched down by a traffic road camera. A newspaper in Chicago surveyed that there are 2 dozens of the Chicago area towns which have switched on red-light cameras. The towns that were checked were posted warnings which includes a few hundred feet of cameras, a state mandate at the most camera monitored sections. There is no requirement to post the warnings signs at the city limits, and Naperville was the only suburb in Tribune’s light which was there f

Ohio School Offer Free Safe Teen Driving

The Mid Ohio School and keybank in support with Kumho Tires has been innovated the idea to offer a “key to safe driving” a free program for teens which gives temporary learner’s permit or driver’s license. This program will be a condensed version of The Mid Ohio School’s popular defensive driving program wherein upto 100 students will get knowledge about classroom instructions and the chance to practice emergency lane change in the vehicles watchful eyes. The main highlight for day students would be to drive Honda car, which simulates driving in worst situations along with hands-on experience for distracted driving. Depending on the profession the average time to get coached on driving would differ. The key to the course is that it will provide teen drivers additional skills which aren’t taught in regular driving training programs. The skills taught in Honda Teen Defensive Driving Program acts as a preventive measure to the inexperienced driver. In this program the participants would

Dangers of Distracted Driving By NASCAR

The professional race drivers recently visited the campus of Nationwide Insurance Company as a part of safety campaign to emphasize the problems associated with distracted driving. NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) has various drivers to test and highlight the safety issues associated with the distracted driving. NASCAR when started driving was specifically aimed at high school kids. But the major studies on different drivers with commuter trains showed the need for an expanded message to general public. He said that professional driving is completely different from everyday driving wherein the normal driving should be defensive one, compared to professional racers who need to drive offensively. On the road one need to be aware if he/she is going to step onto the road, noticing that if a kid on a bike is coming toward you or someone who is ahead is going to stop you. So distracted driving is such a case which needs to be carefully monitored and evaluated through v

State Investigation Reveals Wrong Way Accidents Are Rare

One of the driving instructors Stephen Walling has seen that drivers who come to learn from him are those who have find themselves driving the wrong way on a major road. Such people are very nervous about driving. There had been case when due to such a mistake there had been a horrific crash on Sunday afternoon. The investigations are still looking as to why this incident happened which drove almost two miles crashing a sport utility vehicle. Along with that two one way signs and two do not enter signs stand by at the end of northbound exit ramp to win the drivers. But this is not the only case. There have been number of wring way accidents which have taken lives on Lower Hudson Valley Highways. Still the investigators revealed out that the instances of wrong-way driving are comparatively rare and past accidents don’t compare to Sunday afternoon collision. But the recent Sunday accident was somewhat unusual. One should always check to see the yellow line on the right if you do that me

Cyclists Need To Have Defensive Driving

Bicycling is a very popular exercise recommended by many people. When you ride on the bicycle on the road, the bicycle is considered your vehicle and one must obey those traffic rules. With that riders should always wear a helmet while riding it. Most bikeriders know many of the laws about riding the bicycles on the road, such as driving on the right side, travelling with the flow of traffic, using hand signals to indicate the intentions etc. Some common rules which need to be followed while cycling are: Avoid Busy Streets: One of the biggest mistakes people make when they start biking is that they follow the same routes they use when they were driving. But this is better to take streets with fewer or low cars. Light Up: The bicyclist should always have a light up at the night which has rear red blinking lights for your bicycle. Headlights are just as important as rear lights. One should always look for new kind of LED since they last longer on a set of batteries. Ride as if you we

Distracted Driving Deadly

There are Nobel prizes being awarded to everyone who are great in their own fields. A highlight of 2003 Nobel ceremony was the evening shortest lecture, with people who spoke on automobile safety. Also in 2003, researchers for National Traffic Safety proposed an extensive paper on the same theme. They all wanted to study drivers to know what risks were associated with them using the cell phones. But such never happened making public aware of hundreds of pages of research and warnings which was due to the exceeding agency’s mission of compiling information. But last week the research was made open to public, as a result of Freedom of Information Act suit by two consumer groups. We are all aware of the dangers of distracted driving, but one need to just imagine how much it would have been if the research comes to a full blown study. From the statistics researchers revealed out that cell phone use by drivers were responsible for 955 fatalities and around 240,000 accidents. Based on the as