Driving, that one activity that takes us from one place to another faster than most other manual forms of transportation. It’s an activity that while mundane and rather uneventful for most, is also one of the most dangerous activities that we expose ourselves to without even realizing it.
Jumping into a metal box filled with flammable liquid (or flammable batteries) and many moving parts that all work together; to move you at speeds faster than anyone dreamed they could go across the land only just over one hundred years ago.
And not only you, but hundreds, thousands of others all zipping and zooming along every which way mostly oblivious to the activity they are partaking in as they venture from one place to another.
All too often in our busy daily life, we loose focus on the immediate task at hand. We have things to do, places to go, people to meet. What’s going on on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook? Constant distractions pull our focus away from the one thing that should have near total focus because without it, the chances of human error go way up and that can lead to a really bad day for you and possibly many others.
When you get into that driver seat, your vehicle becomes an extension of yourself. How you control your speed, how you use your signals, how you make your turns, even things like the condition you keep your car, and to a lesser extent, what car you drive, all reflects your personality more than you might think.
I will expand on this more in later articles, but in a nutshell, the way you drive should be similar to how you would like to be treated by others when not in the driver seat. Driving with respect to those around you, is similar to being respectful of others in person and hopefully, others who witness this respect, will they themselves respect you and others.
It’s a simple concept, but because so few drive with this mentality on the road, it led me to create this blog to hopefully bring some awareness to the activity, as well as hopefully give some readers insight into their own habits and offer some possible guidance on how to improve driving not just for themselves, but for everyone on the road.
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