5 Signs You're a Bad Driver

5 SIGNS YOU'RE A BAD DRIVER • Are you well acquainted with your car's airbags? • Does your insurance agent's phone number show up on the favorites list of your smartphone? • Are you baffled by the blue lights in your rearview mirror? If you answered yes to all three, congratulations! You're definitely a terrible driver. Still not sure? Let's see where you fall! PGOODA DRIVER BAD DRIVER TURN SIGNALS If I use them, then the people I always use them. Other drivers will know what I'm doing and take care to let me merge, turn or even stop if I need to, allowing everyone behind me will know what I'm doing. As long as I'm in front, anything that happens is someone else's fault. to be safe. ! Your turn signals are some of the most important tools you have to communicate with other drivers on the road. Remember to turn it off when you've turned. Of course I go the speed limit. I always leave in plenty of time to get to my destination. Signs give me valuable information about TRAFFIC SIGNS It's dangerous to drive the speed limit, because people will cause more accidents trying to get around you. Speed limits are only suggestions, anyway. And yield means go, right? conditions ahead. Forget what you've heard about a cushion before we'll write you up. Traffic engineers have studied roads and set the maximum safe speed - not the suggested one. ! PASSING When another driver signals that he is passing, I keep a constant speed. His passing doesn't affect my speed. When another driver signals that he is passing, I speed up. Being passed is an insult. Speeding up when someone is passing can start a dangerous game of chicken. If drivers around you want to pass, it's your job to make it as easy as possible for everyone to continue on the road safely. I'm focused only on what's ahead of I keep watch on what's ahead but also on what's happening all around me, checking my rear and THE VIEW me. Who cares what's behind me or to the side? If someone is having difficulty merging, that's problem, not mine. their side mirrors often. Be aware of your surroundings. If you're only focused on the road immediately in front of you, you may not have time to react to hazards developing around you or you may become a road hazard yourself. ! MULTITASKING I never get distracted by passengers, my smartphone, the stereo anything else. I stay focused on the task of getting from Point A to Point B. I like to stay busy, so I often talk or text on my phone. If I'm running late l'll put on my make-up in the car or enjoy a breakfast sandwich. or Texting takes a driver's eyes from the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, that's the equivalent of driving a football field, without looking. If you're thinking you might see more of your neighborhood police officer than you thought, give yourself a driver makeover. may help keep you and other drivers safe. It safe driving tips brought to you by Homelnsurance.com HOMEINSURANCE.COM®