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Car Safety Tips Could Save Your Life

Some simple car safety tips could save your life if you know what to do and what to have on hand. This article will share some good sound tips for some things you should carry in your vehicle and things you should know in case of an emergency.

Probably the most important thing a driver should have is an emergency kit of some kind in the cars trunk. These can be, purchased at almost any large super center in your town. This kit sound include some things like flairs or reflective cones, a blanket, a seat belt cutter, a first aid kit and things for use in an emergency or accident.

The flairs or cones will let other drivers know there is a problem and they can stop and assist. The blanket will help if someone is in shock. The first aid kit will help if someone is, injured until help arrives. The seat belt cutter is in case someone is trapped in the car and cannot get out.

The driver should also know that they should not try to move anyone unless the car is in danger of catching on fire or explosion. They could be, further injured by moving them. Try to keep them still until help arrives and hold something over an open wound. This could save a life if you know what to do.

Ladies you should carry a large handbag with you when you travel. Try to have a cell phone and car charger, a flashlight, and some kind of mace, pepper or wasp spray. You can use these if you are, stranded at night. Also, keep an emergency battery booster and some jumper cables in the car somewhere. These things can all help you if you break down or someone tries to attack you.

Never leave the safety of your car and try to walk alone at night unless there is no other choice. You can get a visor that goes across your windshield that says “Please Call Police” at most car parts stores. Just put this in the window of your car and wait. Help will come if you have the time to wait, if not and there is no other choice then walk with the flashlight. You will want to keep the spray handy as well.

The spray can be, used if someone tries to grab you and put you into a vehicle. Just be careful not to spray yourself or you could make matters worse.

By Irsan Kao

How to Easily Check Your Wiper Blades

It’s just one of those things I suppose. It always seems to be something you can put off for another day until you get time…Maybe on the weekend!!.

When it comes to checking over your windshield wiper blades, which of course is something we all do once a week at least, (yeah right) we certainly pay special attention to the most important section of our wiper blades don’t we?

I can almost see that blank look on your face from here you know!

This is the problem we all run into with windscreen wipers, where a quick look to see how they are going basically just shows us they are a rubber strip thing which is generally black.

As far as anything else goes, what are we supposed to be looking at that will tell us if they are safe or in decent condition?

And here is the information you need then.

As you know, your windshield wiper system is made up of a couple of metal arms that each hold a sprung metal shoe that clips on to a thin rubber compound blade that sits on top of your windshield.

As your wiper motor is turned on, the arm is oscillated in a manner that allows each arm to drag the rubber wiper blade up the screen and then in reverse it tips the blade the other way and drags it down again. The importance of this drag action is to ensure that the real working part of each blade is the part that operates on your windshield for best streak-free cleaning.

If you look closely at these rubber blades, you need to focus on the lower edge of the blade-part specifically, as this is 99% where your wiper blades either work well or let you down.

Firstly, wiper blades are made from a rubber or silicon compound in order that they don’t scratch your windshield during use. So they shouldn’t scratch, squeak, shudder or streak.

However, the long bottom edge of the rubber blade itself is actually made with a square cut less than 1mm wide, with clean square ’sharp’ corners. As these sharp lengths are dragged at about 45 degrees across the windscreen they quite efficiently scrape away the dirty rain, mud, grit and other road debris that constantly plates your windshield every day, regardless of the weather.

What this debris and soil does is very quickly wear away the sharp edges of your wiper blades and also scratch your windshield itself if not cleaned away by using decent blades and periodic fresh water flushing. Obviously as these edges become ever more rounded they do a better job of smearing your windshield and scratching your glass to provide headlight glare.

So, this is the part you are supposed to be monitoring at least weekly, as well as paying regular attention to the metal (sometimes plastic) shoes and the metal arms to ensure they are rust free.

Of course, although nobody likes the thought of spending upwards of $25 for a set of new blades, both finding them and then physically changing over the old set are probably even more daunting jobs anyway. Of course we all know that wiper blades are designed not to come off cars once they have been in place for a week, aren’t they?

However, a little bit of technology is all that is required and the entire trauma of changing over your windscreen wipers can be avoided for as long as a couple of years if you keep an eye on them and treat them well. Then you can have them changed for you during a service.

Weekly I would suggest you wash your windscreen and wiper blades with a mild detergent and fresh water. This will better extend the life of your blades anyway and provide far better value from what you purchase. It will also help your screen remain less scratched.

However, if you really want to save yourself a fortune, help the ecology with around 6 times less waste and save yourself a ton of work and stress changing your wiper blades over, then you need to take a quick look at the link shown below.
Personally I have only ever purchased 3 sets of new blades in more than 40 years of driving, so just think of the cash, ecology value, effort and frustrations benefited.

By Tom Lawson

Tips to Practice Driving Safety

Today the number of car accidents is highly increasing. There are many factors that can cause car accidents. One of the most common causes is the unawareness of many drivers about practicing driving safety. Basically, there are some ways that you can apply for practicing driving safety. Just check out the following tips and you will take part for reducing the number of accidents while driving.

The first thing that you can do is to avoid doing bad habits while driving such as using cell phone without hands free, doing make up, or any activities that can disturb you to concentrate on the road. If you are able to fully concentrate on the road, you will reduce the chance of getting accident.

Another thing that you can apply to practice driving safety is to obey the driving laws. You need to avoid speeding since it can potentially lead you to an accident. Just set your car speed normally so that you can drive on the road safely.

Be aware of other drivers is also important. You may be driving correctly but you will possibly find many bad drivers around you. Therefore, it is really suggested for you to be watchful of other drivers.

Moreover, do not forget to check the condition of your car before you go. Make sure that all parts of your car are in good condition so that you will not get any trouble while driving on the road.

After all, by following some tips above, now you can start to practice driving safety. By applying driving safety, you will also participate on reducing the chance of accidents happen on the road.

By Alexander O Mcgee