Winter is approaching, and before you know it, you’ll have to drive on slippery roads and through storms. It’s important to stay extra safe when driving your truck. Here are a few tips to help you out. Drive Slower When driving in a storm, make sure to slow down a little. You don’t have to maintain your usual speed. In addition, make sure to keep a larger distance from the vehicle ahead of you, as visibility will be a lot lower. Be Careful When Pulling Over When pulling over at the.
With the arrival of fall, the days are getting a cooler and crisper, and the leaves of many trees are starting to change color. It’s certainly a pleasant time of the year for riding, but fall also has its own unique dangers. Enjoy your fall riding, but remember to watch for these four hazards: Leaves Depending on where you ride, the foliage this time of year can be quite spectacular. But those very same objects of beauty can cause a motorcycle accident after they fall on the road. Leaves can.
It’s not uncommon for bikers to experience close calls or near-miss motorcycle accidents. A common reaction afterwards is breathing a deep sigh of relief as the adrenaline wears off. Other than a lasting bad memory, life for the motorcyclist resumes as if nothing happened. After all, near-miss accidents have no physical consequences. However, this reaction is a mistake, especially if near misses have happened multiple times. These incidents indicate that there’s an underlying problem with your riding or perhaps your gear. It’s best to examine what you could have done.
Were you the victim of a car crash? It takes time to recover and heal. Here are some tips for dealing with the aftermath of a car crash. Get Medical Help You may or may not feel injured after a car crash, but you should always see a doctor. There may be hidden injuries that you won’t feel right away. If you need to, get therapy to help you deal with your trauma. Take Care of Yourself It’s important to take care of yourself after a car crash. Make sure.
Intersections are messy situations involving traffic coming from different directions. This complexity demands greater attention and focus that many distracted motorists are unwilling to give. This makes intersections especially dangerous for the motorcyclist. However, you can mitigate the risk by following these seven tips on avoiding motorcycle accidents at intersections: Avoid intersections whenever possible. The less often you expose yourself to risky situations, the less likely an accident will happen. If your commute route takes you through nightmarish intersections, there’s no need to accept that risk twice daily. Change your.
Trucking companies approach the problem of reducing truck accidents in different ways. Some are unconcerned with the issue and simply do the minimum necessary to meet the requirements of the law. Others use training programs to increase the skills of their new drivers and their problem drivers. Yet other trucking companies spend money on technology such as collision avoidance systems. However, the best way of reducing truck accidents is hiring drivers with a long history of safe driving. That is, their driving records have few traffic violations. The reason this.
Long-haul truck drivers average between 2,000 and 3,000 miles per week. They drive away from their homes and spend most of their time in or near their rigs. Many eat unhealthy food at fast food restaurants and at truck diners. In addition, their daily routine leaves little time for exercise or recreational activities. The end result of this lifestyle is often obesity and poor health. While this is certainly bad for the affected drivers, it also endangers the public who share the road with them. The “trucker lifestyle” can cause.
Without your headlights, you wouldn’t last long while night driving. A deer, a fallen tree, or a car parked by the side of the road would all become invisible. Cars that can’t see you could pull in front of you and cause a head-on crash. Dim headlights are also risky. If your speed only allows a few seconds to stop your car when you first see a road obstruction, then you’re out-driving your headlights. Dim headlights prevent you from seeing long distances down the road. Either you must slow down.
There are many theories about the causes of road rage. Some blame it on unbalanced drivers, who have emotional or psychological issues. Others say it’s caused by the stress of modern society and by crowded roads. In any case, it’s important for safety’s sake to avoid doing it or triggering it in others. One way you can accomplish this is by recognizing common road rage scenarios in advance before they automatically trigger anger in you, or avoid them so that you don’t trigger it in others. Three of these scenarios.
Some people can drive for decades without ever getting into a car accident, while the accident rates of others are so bad that their insurance companies waste little time dropping them. What makes some people so accident prone? Although the inexperience and immaturity of very young drivers is a big factor, that doesn’t explain the high accident rates of some people who are well into their thirties. One explanation is that specific personality traits make some people more prone to engaging in risky driving behavior. The more often an individual.
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