What To Do If You Are In An Accident

Bad things can happen, even to the safest of drivers. For this reason, it’s a good idea for everyone, particularly young drivers, to know exactly what to do should they experience an accident. First of all, be prepared. Some things that may be useful to have in your car: Your cell phone A camera (if [...]

How to Create and Implement a Safe Driver Policy

Whether your company manages a large fleet of delivery vehicles or simply loans out a few company cars for sales calls, creating and enforcing an effective safe driving policy can save your company a great deal of time and money. When accidents happen, whether on company time or not, employers often bear the cost: employees [...]

Automatic Transmissions: Common Problems and Maintenance

Before reading this entry, you may want to check out my previous entry on how an automatic transmission works since this will provide some useful background information that will help you to understand how and why these transmissions can fail. Unlike an engine, which can exhibit any number of odd symptoms when a problem occurs, [...]

How to Handle a Tire Blowout

No matter how conscientious a driver you are and how well maintained your car is, driving emergencies can and do happen. When these emergencies do occur, however, being prepared and knowing how to handle the situation will help you to get you, your car, and your passengers out of danger unscathed. One of the more [...]

Drive Safely Work Week

As you may or may not know, this week—October 4th-8th—is official Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW). While all of us should (ideally) be driving safely all the time, it’s always great to take time out to remind ourselves of the important of safe driving and to pledge to stay vigilant about maintaining safe driving practices! [...]