How to Drive Defensive & Avoid Accidents
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The key to successful highway driving is managing space.
Maintain a minimum following distance of 3 seconds in a passenger vehicle, and more if you're driving a larger vehicle.
And an important component of space management is driving in the spaces between the clusters of vehicles.
Learn about mile markers and know where you're exit is and the exact exit number when driving on freeways.
Good luck on your road test.
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Never thought I'd ever subscribe to a Driving Instructor's RUclips channel, but here I am. Thanks for making this INTERESTING and NOT BORING.
I think defensive driving is when a driver is more cautious, careful, and always considering all possible risks when on the road. Rather safe than sorry. I think it also is expecting the unexpected, but the unexpected must also be expected. I think it is better to prepare for WHEN something happens rather then wondering if it will happen. Defensive driving, I feel, is also about being considerate of ALL road users; cars, bikes, pedestrians, animals, or anything else. Also, I think defensive driver is listening to my own intuition and discretion, rather than other road users who, for example, want me to driver past the speed limit, to cheat traffic, or jump the red light.
I am a very defensive driver and it helps me a lot. I would rather do that than just wing it. I even go as far as research more on an area I will be driving on to see what many bad circumstances are common on roads there. Some people like the "no risk no fun" mindset. I hate that. Driving not suppose to be fun in the expense of safety. There are places for revolting driving, and it is NOT on public roads.
Thank you for this video! ❤
Hi Lighting can you please share a playlist for your fav safety videos...
Hello, @@masterrhino9106. Sorry for the late reply. Here is my ongoing playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLCYRay3fWAKeR0LP71378dNTgtnUHmqn1
This playlist will grow more and more as I find more safety videos on RUclips. Comprehensive videos with actual safe driving tips are hard for me to find because most videos about driving on RUclips are very misleading.
Hi Lightning Farron - Thank you for your well thought comment. I like you thinking about tuition. I have this idea that driving is a social activity, and even though people are inside their cars, there is an energy that allow you to tune into what other drivers are doing. This energy allows you to be more proactive on the road. I'm going to have a look at your playlist in preparation for my research on defensive driving. All the best, Cheers Rick
@@smartdrivetest Thank you for the reply! You know, I agree with your idea. I believe driving is a social activity too, as you interact with people. Driving is such a social thing. We share an area, in this case a road, and just we communicate with one another using our indicators, hands, headlights and brake lights rather than our voices. Like how our brain controls and uses the body to communicate, our body controls and uses the vehicle to communicate.
Thank you so much for considering my playlist on defensive driving. I hope it helps. Even though the videos don't DIRECTLY talk about defensive driving, there are a lot of advice given that I apply to my idea of defensive driving. The videos fit under the umbrella term "Defensive Driving."
I am thinking about uploading POV drive videos, maybe with commentary, just to show how I drive in a suburb and in a city, maybe in different weather conditions both during the day and at night. If I do, I will add the videos to the playlist.
All the best to you too, Rick! ❤
Hey, just wanted to thank you so much! Your videos helped me pass my driving test for my license the first time! I’m So happy, so if you see this thank you so much😁😁
I was driving on a straight highway. I had the right of way and someone was in the turning median, getting ready to make a left hand turn. If I had been going any faster than the speed of 40, not been paying attention, and had not laid down on my horn, she would have T-boned me and I would have lost my new Buick Encore.
Rick once again thank you for your advice on defensive driving and how to reduce my chances of being in a accident on the road. I'm planning to take a defensive driving class to become a better driver on the highways and freeways
Hi Dion Thomas - Thank you for your comment. If you're interested, there's an online, self-paced course you could take here: www.smartdrivetest.com/defensive-driving-course If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
I love all those cards and posters in the background, lol! Very good! 😂🤗
Hi Lightning Farron - Happy to hear you like the background. Drop us a note if you have any suggestions. All the best, Cheers Rick
Your insight into defensive driving has been extremely helpful, thank you so much.
Hi David Chung - you are most welcome my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
Hi Rick. I passed my N test first try today thanks to your videos, help from my instructor, and lots of practice! Thanks a ton!
Hi Cade McBeth - that is GREAT news! Would you stop over at Smart Drive Test, register your success and enter the draw for the $100 Fuel Card - www.smartdrivetest.com/contact/donation
Thank you for letting us know, and you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out. I'm sure you are having a huge celebration, and it is well deserved owing to your study & practice. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick 🏎
PS - where in the world--I'm suspecting BC--did you pass your test and are you planning any road trips to celebrate?
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Smart Drive Test I passed in Abbotsford, BC. This was actually my second time booking the test, as we got hit with real bad weather in January which got my test cancelled. That was pretty rough. But now that I have my license I’m not too bothered
hello my name is cyphers and in learning alot from your channel thank you rick very much.
Hi Jason Paul - And you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
Very good to watch by every Driver’s before to go on the road ,we learning from smart drive.
Hi Thony Renelique - Thank you for your comment. We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
Defensive driving is something I need to make sure I know. I am a school bus driver and we have a defensive driving review annually. I have to pass it and I need to make sure I am doing what I need to do to prevent accidents to get my students home safely. So, thank you for this video!
I see defensive driving as TACTICAl....maintain your options, the more options, the better odds of general success. Look at tactical driving, lots of life saving tips in it on how to manage a car with some one who is passed out, high speed menuvers, ect. w/e im just a learner...
Hi I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹 ☺️ I am a new driver and I learn allot.from your video I watch it for strength 💪
Hi Cynthia Baptiste - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
Superb video!
I just can't hold "Like" away till the end of the presentation!
"Edit" Yeah and I got The Bundle Deal! Hurray!!!
Hi Timur Furs'bubble - Thank you for your great comment my friend. And you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out, and that you purchased the 3 great course package that's now on sale over at the Smart Drive Test website. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
David Massaquoi from Freetown Sierra Lane, good morning
Good morning my friend. Drop us a note if you have questions or we can help out. All the best, Cheers Rick
Highly useful for drivers!
Hi 🙋♀️ driving instructor,
I recently got into a car accident. In hindsight, I had a lot of bad driving habits. I’m going to subscribe & follow you on RUclips.
Thanks Rick
Hi michael johnson - Thank you for your comment my friend. And you are most welcome. All the best, Cheers Rick
Watching replay. Tku for these vids. So need them 🤗
Hi Marie Cook - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
I love your content man bless day
Yes helps me Thank you For video
Come to in the mail live at get the series in the mailbox
Hi Pam Lucas - And you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
Hello! Definitely it helps, l'm watching this video because l have a new job which and l have to take i95 north in Florida, driver make this road crazy, l have to be very careful, people dont use the signals they just jump in the space you have in front of you.
I think if l take the middle line and reduce the speed a little will help and of course imagine 3 hipos in front of me anyway. Thanks a lot🙏❤
Hi geidi calcagno - And you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
Thanks a lot Mr. Rick, watching your videos is always a new adventure and make the road a great journey 🙏
Thank from Zambia
Hi Steven Chin - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
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Hi poney ardent . - you are most welcome my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
does this apply to truck or bus driver?? and yes defensive driving helps me to be a safer driver, and prevent myself being involved in a crash, or hitting somebody..
Hi ryan meana - Thank you for your question. yes it does my friend. All of these techniques will work for truck and bus drivers. And managing space in front of your vehicle, stopping in traffic so you can see the tires of the vehicle in front, and driving between the clusters becomes even more important my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
Hello.
I'm a new driver, sometimes whenever I'm backing up I forget to shift my gear to D after going on reverse so when I hit my gas pedal for going forward I go backwards instead. Yesterday I made the same mistake and I was barely about to run over a pedestrian jaywalking behind my car cuz he thought I'll drive forward so I slammed on my brake. How can I avoid this silly and terrible mistake?
Hi M7MD - Thank you for your question. "D" for drive; not "R" for race. ;o) When you back up and stop...take a breath. Think what you have to do, and simple pull the gear selector down 2 slots. It will stop at park without pushing in the button. Remember, any time you change direction in a vehicle, pause, breath, think and do what you need to do to safely change the direction of the vehicle safely and smartly. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
passed yesterday on my first try
Well done!
Hi Uh Huh - that is simply AWESOME news! Would you stop over at Smart Drive Test, register your success and enter the draw for the $100 Fuel Card - www.smartdrivetest.com/contact/donation
Thank you for letting us know, and you are most welcome. We're happy to hear we could help out. I'm sure you are having a huge celebration, and it is well deserved owing to your study & practice. All the best, Cheers Rick 🏎
PS - where in the world did you pass your test and are you planning any road trips to celebrate?
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36:40 To add on SUVs being safe. Yes, today they are VERY, VERY safe. Engineers has essentially found ways to counter g-force and body road for SUVs. For example: take a look at the 2020 Mercedes GLE and GLS with the advanced technology and weight distribution and more, and look at even Volvo with their safety tech. I watched a lot of safety videos and read up on their safety scores. Safety regulation are so tight (at least where I live), so older SUVs would not have passed at all, but today's SUVs do very well. Even last year or the year before, the Mercedes GLE and GLC and Tesla Model X were ranked safest vehicles here. But, really, most cars and SUVs are safe, at least where I live, than they were years ago. Our regulations are very TIGHT, and if the car does not pass to our standards then it does not come here.
Hi Lightning Farron - Thank you for your comment. You are correct my friend. Safety and stability technology as advanced a lot since it beginning days. And as you stated, Volvo has built its company on automotive safety. Where in the world do you live? You're right - most cars are safe in most collisions. Engineers are still working on the "T" bone crash; that one still defies simply physics. All the best, Cheers Rick
@@smartdrivetest Thank you so much, Rick. I live in Durban - South Africa. Such a beautiful place.
My biggest issue is speeding drivers in excess. They also crunch in on ur lane, this is insanity for us drivers who are trying to safe and aware. I find myself hugging the right line.
Where are you in the world my friend? Check out this vid too: ruclips.net/video/K11S1S4C1qA/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
I have like 10 hours of driving experience, should i get a car now ? .. i feel like i know the basics just got to make things become 2nd nature
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we also have to learn not to let the rider in our car, to drive our car.
Can you see distracted drivers in rear view mirror?
Much safer
useing my friends computer lol