Accidents Alcohol Animals Behaviour Break Cell phone Challenges Comfort Concentration Crash Cyclists Dark Distance driving Driver's licence Driving abilities Driving course Driving experience Driving habits Driving techniques Driving tips Drowsiness Emergency Emergency kit Energy Environment Fatigue Foreign Fuel efficiency GPS Hazards Headrest Impaired driving Importing Infractions Inspection Insurance Menace Mirrors Motorcycles Parents Parking Pedestrians Posture Regulations Risk Rules of the road Safety Seat Seatbelt Speed limit Teens Tire pressure Tires Traffic Transport Canada Urban-rural driving Weather
Behaviour
City versus country: change your pace
Use these tips to enjoy your trip and safely handle unexpected hazards. Urban distractions like traffic, pedestrians, cyclists and noise are marked contrast to country driving conditions that can include open roads, farm equipment or massive transport trucks.
How to crash-proof your teen
Teen drivers are inexperienced, susceptible to peer pressure, and prone to risk-taking behaviour. It's no surprise that, according to Transport Canada, teens as a group have one of the highest rates of traffic accidents, and these accidents account for the most injuries and deaths. Experts agreethat parental involvement while teens are learning to drive is key to reducing these risks. Here are some ideas to keep your teen safer behind the wheel (and help settle your nerves!).
Is your parent too old to drive?
There’s no easy way to question your parents’ driving skills. Aging can take a toll on driving skills in some people. Reflexes can become slow, vision and hearing deteriorate and medications can impair concentration, memory and reaction times.
When driving in fog, stick to your low beams, avoid passing, and use the road markings on the right as your guide, not the centre line.
