Online Defensive Driving Tips

How many times have you vowed to practice safe and defensive driving tactics and not text when you are behind the wheel? And how many times has this resolution blown up in smoke? Well, this year, things are going to be different. Your New Year's resolution to not drink and drive is actually going to work. PhoneGuard is a new application that has been launched especially to help you be amongst those 75 per cent of people who can keep up their New Year resolution beyond the very first week of the year. This anti-texting software fabricated for cell phones deactivates the keyboard thus eliminating the possibility of texting or emailing while driving or whenever parents find it inappropriate. This software disables emailing, texting and all the different distractions while driving a vehicle. When the cell phone is moving at more than 10 mph, this application automatically disables the keyboard thus eliminating all the possible distractions. Also, this phone can tell you when the driver...

The AARP Driver Safety Program is scheduled for 8 am to noon on Wednesday, Oct 13 at the Alvin Police Department, 1500 S. Gordon St. This upcoming session is sponsored by the Alvin Police Department and the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP). This driver refresher course was first initiated in 1979 by the AARP. It is specially constructed to help out older drivers. This Driver Safety Program tries to cover issues and health problems like physical changes related to age, declining perceptual skills, license renewal requirements and other local driving problems. The instructor appointed by AARP, Ken Moore, will be teaching this course. He says he is looking forward to “reminding seniors of the skills and techniques that they must have once learned” and to “give them an update on the rules of the road”. Only the first 18 seniors, aged 50 or older, who register will be admitted into the class. The members of the AARP will be charged $12 person, whereas those who are non-members ...