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If you have a fairly new car, there really isn't a need to idle for long periods of time to warm up your engine. Just take it more slowly until your engine warms up to operating temperatures.
It's best to have an extra person watching the road while vacationing on a long trip because we all get tired or bored.
It's always good to show courtesy to your fellow driver by letting them come into your lane because the next time it might be you that needs to be let in another lane.
Stop putting big tires on your truck without putting on a running board. It is not ladylike for you to stand behind me on the passenger side and "give me a boost" to get me in your truck.
Please don't put all the tools, hammer, duct tape, gas cans and air pumps in your truckbed when you go to work. Us women sometimes need that stuff too!!!
Check to make sure all of your exterior lights are working at least once a month.
Lose weight. If you weigh over 200 lbs, you are costing yourself gas!
If you need to call somebody while driving, the best thing to do is pull off on the next exit and find a safe place to stop and make your call.
In states like Michigan, deer are serious road hazard. These four-legged idiots lie in wait to jump out in front of drivers, and every year there are about 60,000 deer related accidents.So, how to be safe during hunting season? Remember the basics. Deer are stupid, and their first instinct is to run when startled. So do NOT try to swerve to the left to avoid a deer that is crossing the road in front of you. The deer will not freeze and let you steer around it: instead the deer will just run right out in front of you.Instead, deliberately steer for the deer's butt. That's the part of the deer's anatomy you can be SURE will be going forward, for one reason: deer are not designed to run backwards. Nine times out of ten, they will race forwards when threatened, so steering toward their posterior is most likely to get both of you out of harm's way the soonest.
Make sure to drive safely during the holidays!