Safe Driving

"The purpose of driving is to get you and your passengers to your destination safely"


Lets look at this part of the rule first.

Cars are much safer than they used to be. This gives drivers a false sense of security. You have to remember - it is not going fast that hurts, but stopping fast. In this your job is not to hit anything. This almost sounds laughable - of course you don't plan on hitting anything. However, what are you doing to actively prevent this?


Let's Break this down to 4 categories:


1. Your Physical and Mental Condition

2. The Condition of your car

3. Your driving style

4. The other driver


We will examine these in the next entries.

1. Golden Rule of Driving

Here is the golden rule of driving: 

The purpose of driving is to transport you and your passengers to your destination safely and efficiently, and to help other drivers do the same. 

 Every decision you make on the road can trace itself back to that sentence. Commit this to memory!

Borrowing from Star Trek, I will now call this the Prime Directive!

Welcome to the Driving Professor

For many years I have been studying driving. I have had the opportunity to work with instructors at the Skip Barber Driving School and also as an instructor myself with the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America). I have been the head of a car club and written many articles on driving. Now that I have seen both my sons get their licenses, I want to formalize all the things that I have learned.

This information is copywrited but free for publication as long as credit is given. All I ask at this point is that if you use my work that you copy it accurately and send me a copy of the finished product, either in printed or electronic form.

Please send to:

Chris Zarzycki
159 Garden Street
Torrington CT 06790

e-mail cmz55-chrisz@yahoo.com