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Why Car Safety Features Are the No. 1 Reason to Buy a New (or Newish) Car

July 12, 2017 by Cindy Richards Leave a Comment

safety is the most important feature you need in your new 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… 

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Filed Under: Buying a Car Tagged With: active safety features, Buying A Car For A Teen, car safety, distracted driving

5 Driving Mistakes Most Moms Make And How You Can Avoid Them

January 16, 2017 by Audra Fordin 1 Comment

Are you a multitasking machine? Most moms are! While driving a car feels like second nature, there is a false perception that we can successfully multitask while we’re driving. Moms have mastered the art of messing with the radio while they put on their make-up and hand some napkins to their messy kids at the… 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving, The Car Life Tagged With: distracted driving, driving tips, safety tips, tips for moms

Nissan’s New Advertising Campaign Has You At Its Heart

June 24, 2016 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Nissan advertising campaign

In retooling its advertising, Nissan put customers, and their safety, first. Nissan knew they were in a pickle. Over the past few years the brand’s marketing message became fragmented—some ads were about dads and race cars, other ads were targeted to sports fans, yet others focused on families and safety features. All together, though, critics… 

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Filed Under: Nissan, She Buys Tagged With: advertising, distracted driving, new cars, NIssan, safest cars, safety, technology

5 Ways to Be a Mindful Driver

December 4, 2015 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Zen and the art of mindful driving. Most people aren’t crazy about driving. That’s why so many drivers are distracted behind the wheel. Bored by the task at hand, your mind goes elsewhere. You eat, text, apply make-up, and take phone calls on the road. Not smart. Multitasking might be okay at work, but it’s… 

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Filed Under: She Drives, Travel Tips Tagged With: distracted driving, Mindful Driver

Distracted Driving Awareness: It’s More Than Just Putting Down Your Phone

March 23, 2015 by Nicole Wakelin 1 Comment

Stay safe while driving – pay attention to the road. We’ve all seen the warnings not to text and drive and hopefully we put our phones down when we get behind the wheel. The problem is that simply putting down our phones is not enough to stop distracted driving. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month… 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving, The Car Life Tagged With: cell phones, distracted driving, hand-free, safety, technology

Teens Develop SMARTwheel to Combat Distracted Driving

February 4, 2015 by Nicole Wakelin Leave a Comment

SmartWheel Teen Team

SMARTwheel: Developed by teens for teens to stop distracted driving. It’s tough on parents of driving teens, worrying about your kids being distracted when they’re behind the wheel. You can show them what to do and tell them what to do, but you never really know what they’ll actually do when they’re on their own…. 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving Tagged With: best safety features, best safety technology, distracted driving, SMARTwheel, teen drivers

3 Apps to Minimize Texting When Driving

December 10, 2014 by Amy Barseghian Leave a Comment

Safety apps for all ages of car lovers. Our son is almost eleven and has developed a deep love for high-end cars. As I watch his auto enjoyment increase, I can’t help but panic a bit when I think about him driving someday. My main concern is the distraction that smartphones cause when behind the… 

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Filed Under: Apps, Technology Tagged With: apps, best safety technology, distracted driving, DriveOFF, DriveScribe, Safe driving with apps, teen drivers, Texting When Driving, WiseDrive

Teaching Your Teen To Be A Better Driver

September 9, 2014 by Evelyn Kanter Leave a Comment

Teaching your teen to drive through example. Teaching your teen to be a better, safer driver really starts while she is still strapped safely into her car seat, absorbing what you do behind the wheel. If you speed, tailgate, text while driving, don’t bother using the directional signal, or yell at another driver who doesn’t… 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving Tagged With: distracted driving, driving lessons, hands on wheel, teaching your teen, teaching your teen to be a better driver, teaching your teen to be a good driver, teen driver, teen driving school, teen safety, Tips for teens to be better drivers

Getting Connected in the Car: MyLink Takes Phone Function On the Road

August 4, 2014 by Desiree Landers Miller Leave a Comment

Chevrolet MyLink

Staying Connected In Our Cars Is a Top Reason For A New Car Purchase We all want to be connected everywhere, all the time, and that doesn’t stop in our cars. One of the hottest trends driving purchases in the automobile industry now is connected car technology. Does Technology Make Us Safer Drivers? Or Is It… 

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Filed Under: Connected Cars Tagged With: 4G hotspot, best safety features, best safety technology, Chevrolet, Chevrolet and MyLink, Chevrolet MyLink, Chevrolet Technology, Chevy MyLink, Chevy OnStar, connected car, distracted driving, OnStar, radio, Sirius, touchscreen

Ford Teaches Teens: Free Safe Driving Program

July 14, 2014 by Diana Rowe Leave a Comment

FordDrivingSchool

Teenagers Make Up 7% of the Colorado Drivers but 15% of the Fatal Accidents. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.  This month, Ford Motor Company along with the Governor’s Highway Safety Association and Colorado Department of Transportation is bringing Ford’s award-winning… 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving Tagged With: Colorado Depart of Transportation, Denver Safe Driving Program, distracted driving, Driving Skills for Life, families with teen, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Free Safe Driving Program, Safe Driving Program, selfies, teen driver

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