- Always wear your seatbelt.
- Always exercise extreme caution around children and follow all laws on keeping infants and toddlers safely fastened in car seats.
- Keep a 3-second cushion between you and the car in front of you.
- Avoid engaging in other activities while driving such as eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone (even if hands-free) or looking at other passengers while talking to them. Driver distraction is a major cause of traffic accidents. Plan your trip before getting behind the wheel so you don’t need to concentrate on navigation.
- Pull over if you are drowsy. Every year across the U.S., falling asleep while driving causes at least 100,000 crashes. About 1,500 people die and 40,000 are injured in these crashes. Of the 100,000 car crashes linked to drowsy driving each year, almost half involve drivers between the ages of 15 and 24.
- Never drink and drive. It takes at least one hour for the alcohol in one drink to become absorbed by your body - and that time can vary greatly depending upon your weight and gender.
- Don’t speed or tailgate, and don’t try to compete with aggressive or dangerous drivers. Let them pass you.
- Use caution when driving during holidays. In 2006, 15% of all holiday crashes involved alcohol use. About half of the fatal car wrecks during the holiday weekends were related to alcohol use.
- If you don’t have to drive during bad weather, don’t. It’s easy to make a miscalculation in stormy conditions - and even if you know how to drive in the rain or snow, not all other drivers do.
- Turn on your lights 30 minutes before sunset and keep them on 30 minutes after sunrise - and use them whenever you use your windshield wipers. That will help other drivers see your car in bad weather or in low light conditions.
- Communicate with other drivers by using your turn signals.
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