We Don’t Think About the Essentials We Need Until We NEED Them. When you think about what to keep in your car, what items come to mind? Of course, a phone charger, extra change, jumper cables, and your cell phone come to mind, but what else SHOULD be in your car? You never think about the…
Safety, Good Driving, Speed: What My Mom Taught Me About Cars
You were right about everything, mom. My mom loves fast cars. Naturally, her favorite is a Maserati and she’s not too picky with the model, as long as she can drive it on a race track. Her first car was a Ford Mustang, so when it was time for me to get a car, that’s what…
Keeping Your Drive Safe: Bridgestone Winter Tires
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 children 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,…
Do You Know What Those Lights On Your Dashboard Are Telling You?
You’re not alone. Safety technology needs explaining. “This icon popped up on my dash and I didn’t know what it meant,” said Alex Epstein. If anyone should know, it’s him. As the director of digital strategy and content at the National Safety Council, Alex heads up the council’s effort to educate drivers about all the…
How to Avoid Getting Soaked Buying A Flood Damaged Vehicle
Why flooded cars are dangerous to drive. Many of the cars and trucks damaged in floods wind up for sale online, or even in used car lots. Here’s how to avoid getting soaked by buying a vehicle that is – simply – dangerous to drive. Electronics, including computer chips, hate water. Since modern vehicles are…