(NAPSI)—These five tips can help you be prepared for the perils of
the road.
1. Know Your Car. Like people,
each car has a unique personality. Some features work better than others, and
conditions can cause a vehicle to react a certain way. Knowing your car’s
limits and behavior patterns can help you predict how it will respond in certain
situations. How long does it take you to stop and how much pressure is
required on the brake pedal? What’s your turn radius? Does your vehicle
lean when you round a corner? Does it quake when you hit a certain speed?
Knowing the answers can help you avoid accidents.
2. Use Extreme Caution During a
Lane Change. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates
that one of the most common causes of two-lane auto accidents is unsafe lane
changes.
3. Know Your Blind Spots. Most
cars have at least one line of vision that’s not clearly evident in the
rearview or side mirrors. Even carefully placed mirrors often cannot cover
every possible angle. Move the side mirrors far outward so that the angle of
view barely overlaps the view of the rearview mirror.
4. Keep Your Hands on the Wheel.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now advocates keeping your
hands at the 9 and 3 o’clock positions instead of 10 and 2 because of
air bags.
5. Keep Up on Maintenance.
Routine work on your auto, like oil changes, fluid refills and tire
rotations, can make all the difference in your car’s drivability.
Learn More
For further facts and tips about good driving from the experts at
Driving-Tests, founded on the universal belief that everyone can be a safe driver,
go to https://driving-tests.org.
There, budding drivers can also learn how to pass the written test the first
time.
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