Teen Driving Safety Doesn’t End With Driver’s Ed. When my good friend was teaching her teens to drive near a particularly dangerous 3-way intersection she would tell her kids this: “Expect Stupid to Happen.” It became my teaching mantra as I was attempting to teach my daughter how to drive during her year driving permit…
Waze App Announces New Connected Citizens Program
The cure for traffic congestion. If you haven’t started using the Google owned Waze app and you live in a congested city, you need to! As described earlier, Waze is an interactive GPS and traffic app. This app literally helps you circumnavigate the worst of traffic nightmares in your area. In turn, you help others…
Waze GPS & Traffic App: Does It Really Work?
50 Waze to Lose Your Traffic Nightmares My husband used to have a commute that took exactly 5 minutes. He came home for lunch most days. It’s one of the main reasons I was worried about moving to a larger city with… gulp… a much longer commute. Currently his 14 mile drive in rush hour…
Used Car Shopping For Teen Driver: Harder Than It Looks
Parent challenge: purchasing the perfect first used car for your teen driver. We’ve had a really hard time locating a loved and gently used car for our teen driver; something we could be happy having our teen drive. Our daughter has had her license for months, and with the chaos of after school events and three…
Michelin Tire Safety: It Will Surprise You
Did you read tire safety guidelines that came with your car and fall asleep? Hang with me for 5 minutes. I promise NOT to put you to sleep. On a recent trip with Michelin Tires, I was completely shocked when I learned about the dangers of mis-aligned tires. QUICK: Answer me! Don’t look it up….
Is Three Times The Charm? Buying A New Chrysler Town & Country
We Went to Buy a Used Mini-Van and a Brand New Chrysler Town & Country Followed Us Home! We did it. We bought our THIRD Chrysler Town & Country last week. First I need to back up and tell you about our family. There are 3 (very excited about our new van, as you can see) kids who are…