Bridgestone and Tire Rack put tires to the test with winter driving exercises on ice. Winter driving shifted into slippery overdrive when I got behind the wheel for a #TalkTires blogger experience at Denver’s Pepsi Center on the ice covered Colorado Avalanche hockey rink. My Tire Rack Winter Driving Experience, powered by Bridgestone Blizzak, was…
6 Safe Driving Tips to Model and Teach Your Teens
If we knew then what we know now, we would have been safer drivers. I was more than six months pregnant with my son and picking up some new-mom supplies at the local Babies R Us. Stepping into my Nissan Altima carefully and settling my burgeoning belly into the seat, I looked behind me and…
What Can You Do to Stop Hot Car Deaths?
Every summer, we hear the awful news about hot car deaths. Forgotten kids and pets die in cars that reach temperatures above 120 degrees. It happens all too often despite numerous public service announcements and reminders to avoid putting society’s most vulnerable in this situation. According to the safety organization Kids and Cars, 37 children, on…
Why Car Safety Features Are the No. 1 Reason to Buy a New (or Newish) Car
Car safety features will keep you and yours safe. And they will increase your car’s resale value. From babes in car seats to new teen drivers to older drivers behind the wheel, the car safety features of today’s new cars are aimed at keeping everyone safe—the people inside the car and the people in other…
8 Car Safety Features To Protect Your Teen Driver
Parenting Teens is Tough Enough Without Having to Worry About Their Safety on the Road. Parents of teens have so many concerns as their child becomes older and learns to navigate life into adulthood. The number one concern on parents’ minds is safety. This is especially true as teens start driving on their own. We’re…
The magic thing that keeps you safe on the road. Yes, we’re talking about steel
Not your fairy godmother, but it could be. A friend remarked recently that in buying a used car for his teenage daughter, he is shopping for a 20 year old Mercedes-Benz because he wants her in a tank made of solid steel. As classic and gorgeous as a Mercedes Benz of that era might be,…