- Expect the unexpected
- Slow down
- Beware of blind spots. Look around your vehicle’s A pillars.
- Keep your eyes on the road
- Do not text and drive
- Do not read and drive
- Do not watch movies and drive
- Do not make sudden lane changes
- Avoid left turns
- Avoid U-turns
- Turn right from the right lane
- Turn left from the left lane
- Look carefully when turning
- Slow down at intersections
- Do not accelerate through intersections
- Keep your foot above the break in intersections so that you can break faster
- Look carefully when crossing intersections
- Slow down at night to avoid colliding with something that has no lights
- Slow down in the fog to avoid a collision
- Slow down in the rain to avoid skidding out of control
- Slow down in the snow to avoid skidding and rolling the vehicle
- Slow down when it’s cold because of ice on the road
- Slow down around corners
- Be aware of your blind spots
- Do not tailgate
- Keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.
- If you are being tailgated, change lanes when possible to reduce potential danger.
- Merge cautiously (Check your blind spots)
- Listen for sirens (Do not have music too loud)
- Have a co-driver assist with keeping an eye out on traffic
- If someone may have fallen asleep, honk your horn to wake them up!
- Steer to avoid the accident, but do not steer into a worse accident.
- Steer clear of negligent drivers.
- Avoid being between two large trucks that could squish you during a sudden stop.
- Have good tread on your tires
- Have the correct tires for the season
- When you see a vehicle losing control, slow down and steer way clear to avoid getting hit by any chain reaction that may be about to happen.
- Defog all your glass before driving. Your air conditioner will do this.
- Keep your windows clean for better visibility.
- Don’t drink and drive.
- Don’t use medications that make you drowsy and then drive.
- On a motorcycle avoid locking up both wheels at the same time because the bike will drop.
- Make sure vehicle has anti-lock breaks (ABS), (standard issue on cars in the U.S. since the 90’s. The U.S. federal government required all new cars to have ABS by September 1, 2011)
- Make sure the vehicle has traction control (In the United States, the NHTSA has mandated ABS in conjunction with Electronic Stability Control under the provisions of FMVSS 126 as of September 1, 2013)
- Buy or lease vehicles with all the extra safety features
- Blind spot detectors
- Automatic breaking
- Adaptive cruise control
- Lane keep assist