85% of Drivers do not know what to do at a Yellow Light!

A lot of what we do here at DefensiveDriving.com has to do with education. Recently, GMAC Insurance conducted a study regarding drivers knowledge across the nation. The study can be found at http://www.gmacinsurance.com/SafeDriving/ExecutiveSummary.asp and the results are disturbing. One in five drivers would not pass a WRITTEN driving test today if they were required to [...]

Don’t talk to me about work

This might be the new catch phrase for managers who have employees out on the road.   In our hyper wired society, the mobile office just became a little more complex.   Does your organization have a comprehensive driver safety policy in place? Scenario number one, Joe is a driver for a company that delivers medical equipment [...]

20,000 Times in a lifetime

I was listening to a local radio station the other day and they were having an odd trivia contest where the listeners were competing against each other with other hosts. One of the questions they asked was a multiple choice question about what the average person will do 20,000 times in their lifetime… the answer, [...]

What every driver should know about high water, driving and their car!

Monday, Houston experienced a cluster of storm cells which dumped anywhere from four to six inches of rain in a little less than three hours.   Southeast Texas and the whole of Texas have experienced a drought of historic proportions for more than thirteen months, the rain was greatly needed, however, with the ground so hard, the water did not really have anywhere to go.   [...]

Windshield Wipers, the basics

Winter has been with us awhile and you have no doubt been overwhelmed with information about winter driving. Leave an appropriate space cushion, your speed should meet conditions, make sure you have proper tire pressure, tire tread and depth, that you have all the necessary emergency gear in your trunk and that you know the route and [...]