| It is far too common a sight on the modern highway to | | | | fasten your seatbelt before you turn on your engine, |
| see drivers whose focus is on their cell phone | | | | and to maintain a correct driving posture. Slouching |
| conversations, or on their driving companion, or on | | | | behind the wheel, studies have shown, can make you |
| drinking their coffee or soda as they gulp down | | | | drowsy and diminish your ability to focus. Lose the |
| breakfast or dinner. Multitasking has become as | | | | Aggressive Behaviors You should change lanes as |
| prevalent on the highways as it is in the office, with the | | | | seldom as possible, and always use your directional |
| disastrous result of unnecessary accidents involving | | | | signals far enough in advance of switching lanes that |
| other people who paid the price for a distracted | | | | the drivers behind you can anticipate your switch. And |
| driver's limited attention span. If you frequently find | | | | the final, but by no means least important, of the tips |
| yourself driving along surrounded by cars controlled by | | | | on defensive driving is to stay calm and avoid |
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| defensive driving. A defensive driver is the diametric | | | | avoid of hazardous situations on the road, not to |
| opposite of the multitasker, and puts his or her full | | | | engage in the aggressive driving which so often the |
| concentration on the tasks of maneuvering a car while | | | | cause of those situations. The defensive driver is |
| closely observing what the surrounding drivers are | | | | keenly aware that being able to drive is a privilege, not |
| doing and what the road conditions are. Familiarizing | | | | a right, and that the road belongs equally to all the |
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| vehicles. Alertness Is The Key The basic tip on | | | | places where they are needed. Knowing when and |
| defensive driving is to remain constantly alert and | | | | where to do defensive driving is crucial if you want to |
| observant of what is happening on the road ahead of | | | | use your defensive driving skills to avoid accidents or |
| you and in the vehicles surrounding you, so that you | | | | the kinds of situations which can easily lead to |
| can recognize a potential problem while there is still | | | | accidents. You put good money and a lot of time and |
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