Professional drivers walk completely around their vehicles before driving, checking for obstacles as well as low tires, etc.
All drivers would be wise to do the same.
Professional drivers walk completely around their vehicles before driving, checking for obstacles as well as low tires, etc.
All drivers would be wise to do the same.
I always garage my car at home. I back into the garage so that I don't have to back out of it, where my vision is very limited.
Whenever possible (including in my own driveway and garage) I park so I don’t have to back out. The view is so much clearer of what’s going on in front than what’s in back of a car.
When my children were little, I would always scoop them up, put them into the vehicle before moving it around the driveway or garage. Just to be sure I knew where they were.
One time I went outside, and out of the corner of my eye spotted a neighbor's 3-yr-old boy under a different neighbor's truck in a driveway, several houses away. That neighbor comes and goes a lot, jumping into his truck and quickly pulling away. I pulled the kid out from under the truck, brought him to his house, and the people didn't even realize the kid had left the house. It's something no one thinks about, to check under their vehicle when leaving, especially if you have no kids! I certainly don't.
Should be part of drivers ed -
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Everybody should even when you don’t feel you need to.
Friend of mine did so at a Bass Pro Shop one day and found he got nailed by a van on the passenger side. He went back in the store and they pulled the video and busted the guy who hit him.
You just never know.