SAFE DRIVING TIPS

The most important tip to keep your family safe while driving is to always use safety belts and proper child restraints. Children are safer when placed in the rear seat in the appropriate infant, child or booster seat, or when wearing safety belt appropriate for their size and age. Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of a vehicle equipped with an active air bag

Sitting upright enables your body to feel and sense what the vehicle is telling you.

During normal driving conditions, make sure to scan for braking vehicles in front of you and approaching vehicles in your rearview mirror.

Keep your steering, acceleration and braking smooth to help keep the vehicle balanced.

Trailing the brakes means easing off the brake pedal slowly as you turn into a corner. It keeps the weight on your front steering tires, creating more traction for the turn.

Don’t overstep your limits or the road conditions.

Taking this action may help you to regain control of your vehicle during a skid. If you have a skid situation, ease off the throttle to transfer weight back onto the front steering tires.

Objects come out of nowhere when you look only at the vehicle in front of you. Try to look 10 to 15 vehicles ahead and you’ll find that everything comes at you more predictably.

If you need to veer suddenly to avoid hitting an object in your vehicle’s path, make sure you look in the direction you’re headed – before turning – to make sure the path is clear.

Statistics prove that the majority of accidents on the road involve talking or texting while driving. Talking on a cell phone while driving makes you four times more likely to crash.