Online Defensive Driving Tips

Cintas Corporation announced yesterday that it is providing an opportunity for companies to improve the safety of employees behind the wheel with Free Online Defensive Driving Awareness Training Offer through 28th February, 2011. This safety training course will focus on safe driving practices and distractions that can cause drivers loss of concentration on the road. It will also help reduce costs and increase driver productivity for businesses. The online course catalog includes first aid and CPR, automatic external defibrillator (AED), fire extinguisher and other topics. The Director of AEDs and Training, Cintas, David Bingham said, “In 2009, nearly 34,000 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in United States. So it is extremely important that companies spend the time and the resources to train their employees on defensive driving techniques that they can use whether they are delivering goods and services to their customers or simply driving to and from work”. The training an...

In the Waterloo region, drivers can expect to struggle with a bit of everything today. This everything includes snow, rain as well as freezing rain. With this, you can also expect to see a significant rise in the number of vehicular crashes. This fact has left veteran police officers shaking their heads. Winter road conditions are nothing new in Canada, unless you are new to the country or a novice driver. At the beginning of every season, winter driving tips are issued out. However, this does not help in the scene of crashes and accidents. OPP Const. Ken Upton says, “We continue to see motorists not putting these things into practice. Your lack of safe driving practices can affect the lives of the other motorists on the highway”. The latest storm system can possibly bring snow to southern Ontario before a warm up pushes the mercury above the freezing mark. This is when the roads might get really messy, especially if the temperature transition brings with it a period of freezing rain o...