We often think that a car says a lot about who we are. That’s why we take so long making a decision about which one to buy and why we will often be tempted by the more fashionable brands and logos. For instance, everyone would love to have that classic Merc badge on their car …
Category: Automobiles
Making Sure Our Kids Don’t Distract Our Driving (Without Shouting At Them!)
Pexels The very best of us make mistakes behind the wheel, and that’s when our concentration has slipped for just a split second. When we’ve got kids, there are numerous problems that can greatly impact our ability to drive and we can feel that we’ve got to have the equivalent of four brains in order …
3 Truck Upgrades and Hacks to Keep You Safe on Winter Roads
Winter is coming, which means your truck may very well be pushed to the limit by rain, ice, hail and rutted roads. While your truck has likely seen it all before, improvements and maintenance, as well as some simple car hacks, can keep you safe while on those winter road. Maintain and upgrade your truck …
4 Things Your Teenager Needs To Know About Driving
Anyone can drive. With a few lessons, people get the hang of it. The reason there’s such great importance on being behind the wheel isn’t that it’s a difficult thing to do; it’s because of everything else that goes along with it. The roads are dangerous. Even the prospect of being in an incident is …
Drinking, Distractions And Being Too Daring: Are You Guilty Of Taking Risks Behind The Wheel?
The statistics related to car crashes in the USA don’t make for pleasant reading. Every year, more than 2 million people are injured on the roads, and often, crashes occur as a result of basic errors. If you’re a driver, you have a duty to comply with the rules of the road. If you do …
Are You A Safe Driver?
If the answer to this is no, then you need to have a long hard look in the mirror and think what your actions might be doing to other drivers. So many people are killed each year in a car accident… around 1.3 million a year to be precise. People seem to underestimate the power …
3 Family Cars That Go The Distance
Some people choose a car based on what it looks like or how quick it can go but when you’re shopping for a family car, your priorities are likely to be very different. Space is a big concern because you don’t want the kids crammed in the back arguing with each other. Finding a car …
Driving Mistakes We All Make (But We’re Too Ashamed To Admit It)
Maybe it’s an unfortunate by product of our standardized approach to education that even as adults we’re not conditioned to learn per se, but to pass tests. We learn enough to pass our exams at school and even in college and the same goes for our road test. We learn how to drive perfectly while …
8 Tips for Having Your Car Stand from the Crowd
As a car enthusiast, you are probably seeking the best ways for your car to make you proud and ways of showing it off. Sometimes it is more pleasurable to turn an average looking and performing car into a head-turner than buying something which could outright achieve the same effect. There is no doubt that …
From ‘Are We There Yet’ To Taking The Wheel: Teaching Your Teen How To Deal With Disaster On The Road
Image Source When we become parents, time takes on a life of its own. We would keep them in the crib forever if we could. But, it’s usually no time until they’re teeengers, making big decisions and setting out on their lives. It can be a heartbreaking time and one that’s confusing for everyone. …
Dealing with Teenagers: Get Your Kids Prepared for their Future Responsibilities
Bringing up kids is challenging and rewarding at the same time. If you are dealing with difficult teenagers who tend to blame everything on others, and don’t want to take responsibility for their actions, you need to put a plan in place. Make sure that you get them to realize that soon they will need …