Whats your best driving tip?

[The motor guy]

I'm not sure if this was ever illustrated in my drivers Ed class years ago, but my brother told me to always know where all the vehicles are on the road around you, so you can change lanes quickly if needed without having to look at your mirrors first. The other was try to make sure people dont stay right next to you. Pretty sure that second one's in the drivers Ed book, but I swear most people these days barely even pay attention to what's in front of them lol

 

[hrv]

10 and 2 and cell phone off....

 

[Jetronic]

I drive a bus, through all kinds of traffic, including Brussels.

The key is to take action early, solve issues before they become an issue. The alternative is driving reactive and that just means everybody else on the road decides how fast you, when you brake and how hard.

I pay comparatively very little attention to what's going on 100 ft or less in front of me (city traffic and speeds), I'm more interested beyond that. Outside of the city that can be 1000 ft, you know, the place I might need in 20-30 seconds....

 

[DV0993]

Don't look down the front of the hood - look down the road; and through corners.

 

[TheLastWord]

One car length for each 10 mph interval.

30 mph 3 car length, 70 mph 7 cars, etc.

"Yeah Dad but they will cut in front" ................. back off.

 

[The motor guy]

One car length for each 10 mph interval.

Lol people never follow that around here. You're lucky to get 2 car lengths at 60mph.

 

[factorytuned2012]

Never go out driving day after thanksgiving or Christmas Eve.

 

[skyactiv]

Stay out of the left lane or at least don't drive slow in it.

 

[Mainia]

9.5 and 2.5, Waze App on, Music playing. Don't go over 75mph on the hwy.

 

[Pterostylis]

Considering some of the young people I’ve driven with at work I don’t even know what’s considered common knowledge and what’s a tip these days.

 

[captainbeandip]

Turn right, to go left.

 

[shortyb]

Ocular driving, ie; drive with your eyes. Constantly scan and look way ahead. Look where you want to go, especially when faced with making a quick maneuver. Situational awareness is paramount and goes hand in hand with the above. Have done many thousands of hours in the right seat and always amazed at how little folks look around. Every time in a situation that will end up bad, I look at their eyes. Most have a fixed gaze at the front of the car and just follow where the car takes them. Once they become aware that we are physiologically programmed to respond to visual inputs, and they consciously look where they want the car to go, they are surprised at how easy it is to avoid driving upside down in a ditch.

 

[fantastic]

Stay aware at all times.

 

[Patman]

I had someone on the highway last night swerve into my lane and almost hit me so my number one thing is to always be aware of what cars are around you and have an “exit strategy” for when they do something stupid

 

[CarbonToast]

Driving 70 vs 75 adds less than 5 min to a 1 hour trip. Unless your on a trip >3hours you can't really make up much time.

 

[Patman]

Driving 70 vs 75 adds less than 5 min to a 1 hour trip. Unless your on a trip >3hours you can't really make up much time.

When I drive my Civic I usually stick close to the speed limit as it gets me much better gas mileage and I’m not usually in too much of a hurry since I like to give myself a lot of extra time to get places. That type of driving rewarded me with an average MPG of 49.8 over 7000 miles worth of driving in the warmer months this year.

 

[Vercingetorix]

All good kids like milk.

 

[2009Caraman]

Always drive like your brakes dont work

 

[vwmaniaman]

When I was riding my motorcycles I pretended that I was invisible. Never one incident because my angel was that good.

 

[TiGeo]

Always assume someone is running a stop sign or red-light when you approach intersections.