Showing posts with label safe driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label safe driving. Show all posts

Friday, July 2, 2010

Responsible Alert Driving School lesson--Stop Flying Elephants!--in Hayden Lake, Post Falls, and Rathdrum.

DANGER: FLYING ELEPHANTS!

Strap down Dumbo!

At 30 mph,
the impact of an average adult,
is equivalent to being trampled by a
3 1/2 ton elephant!

Make sure all elephants are safely secured before departure.
HERE’S HOW.
  1. Secure your seat belt.
  2. As your buckle clicks, instruct all passengers to buckle up.
  3. Listen for the click of each belt.
  4. Look over your shoulder to verify that each passenger is buckled. (Some “friends” think it’s funny to outsmart the driver, especially the passenger directly behind the new driver; it’s actually deadly dumb!)
  5. Do not begin traveling until all occupants are buckled.

The life you save may be yours!

Below: Reality check video of flying killer elephant.


 More Driver Ed at Home


Post Falls Responsible Alert Driving School Students Learn to Drive Like a Professional Pilot!

ASSUME PILOT MODE BEFORE YOU MOVE!

INITIATE PRE-DRIVE SAFETY SEQUENCE

Aircraft pilots--at least the smart ones!--
go through a standard safety checks BEFORE each flight.

Drivers should do the same!

Establish a pre-drive habit for safe and pleasant driving.

  1. As soon as seated in the driver seat, lock doors.
  2. Adjust seat.
  3. Adjust steering tilt.
  4. Adjust head restraint.
  5. Secure seat belt and check that all passengers are wearing seat restraints.
  6. Adjust rear and side mirrors.
  7. Upon ignition, check all indicator lights. They should illuminate briefly to show functionality, then turn off.
  8. If gauges do not illuminate, there may be a burnt bulb or an other electrical problem.
  9. If gauges remain illuminated, have the issue addressed by a mechanic.

    Don't Kill the Baby!

    BEFORE YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE
    APPROACH WITH AWARENESS


    ~ Don’t kill the baby! ~


    Many of life’s distresses and disasters are preventable.
    That’s why we brush our teeth--to prevent dentist bills, pain, and decay.
    Driving is the same; but the costs are higher--
    high repair costs, injury, and death.

    Follow these simple steps, EVERY time you approach your vehicle.
    Begin this process as soon as the vehicle is in sight.

    LOOK for Child or animal in tire path.
    PREVENT
    killing the baby!

    LOOK for Objects in path of tires.
    PREVENT
    flat tire or collision from the flat.

    LOOK for Low tire pressure.
    PREVENT
    flat tire or collision from flat.

    LOOK for Fluid drips or puddles.
    PREVENT
    brake or steering failure, engine overheating or failure.

    LOOK for Broken lights or lenses.
    PREVENT
    collision, being mistaken for a motorcycle.
    PREVENT being rear-ended for lack of brakes lights.
    PREVENT getting ticketed for lacking lights.

    LOOK for Unwanted passengers.
    PREVENT Hijack.