Carefully consider sudden weather changes, your vehicle’s basic controls, distractions and your physical limitations before getting behind the wheel.
We might not realize it but every day on our roads we face challenges, oftentimes some pretty big ones.Sudden weather changes. We live in Canada, so except for peak seasons — like high summer — the environment is constantly changing north of the 49th parallel. It’s amazing how many people seem to forget this.
Not understanding the basic controls within your vehicle. A prime sin is daytime headlights at night. It’s a reasonable question about why headlights in most car models simply don’t come on fully all the time. Most cars require night time headlights to be turned on manually or set to “auto”. Hardly a night goes by where you won’t spot a vehicle with daytime headlights on only — with the extra consequence that the tail lights are also not on — at the time you need them the most.
Your mindset, however, should be total focus on the road. Nobody can do that 100% of the time, but your goal should be to keep your eyes on the road and then proactively take reasonable steps to minimize the distractors. Sometimes that might even include having someone else drive, especially if you are upset or have trouble concentrating on a given day. To me distractions, are a highly under-recorded reason for collisions.
These problems aren’t the sole domain of the elderly by any means. Any of these problems could cause a serious driving incident. Be honest about your physical ability to operate a 2- or 3-tonne piece of equipment.
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