Click Banner for Details on this Saabnet.com Classified

[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 92X | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 97X | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Performance | Detail | Clubs & SOC | Other Cars | Books Movies & Music | Chat | FAQs | Gifts | Photos | Classifieds | Polls | Raffle | Sponsors]

General Bulletin Board
Search:

[Main General Bulletin Board | Post Followup | FAQ ] [ Prev by Date ] [ Next by Date ] Member Login / Signup [Most Recently Edited Saabnet.com Photo Galleries]
Click and Clack said
Posted by JT Tucson (more from JT Tucson) on Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:39:59
In Reply to: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), Scott Paterson , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:34:49
"LOOK WHERE THE CAR IS GOING."

This seems obvious, but the teen fenderbenders I have seen (and my own experience) make it worth repeating. Click and Clack, the NPR Tappet Brothers, were giving advice to a mom whose daughter had had a number of small accidents. They said "look where the car is going."

I repeat this advice in my head on two particular occasions - First, when backing up (do I really know that the area is still clear behind me and that my car will clear the fixed obstacles? - I have scared myself coming close to posts that I thought were further away. Plus my youngest daughter backed into a car in a parking lot in her first week of having a license, and also backed into her grandmother's car that was blocking our driveway in the dark on Christmas Eve.... ouch! Her paying the insurance deductibe got her attention and prevented subsequent mishaps.)

The second occasion when I repeat this advice is when stopped at an intersection where others have the right of way. Several pedesrians have been hit at the corner by my office when people are rushing home and make a quick left turn when the traffic clears without checking for pedestrians. Also, I have scared myself when stopped to make a right turn - after looking to the left for a long time waiting for traffic to clear, I have not noticed pedestrians about to walk in front of the car from the right. So before gunning it when a space opens up, I "Look where the car is going" - great Click and Clack advice for kids and adults.

posted by 166.89.4...
Posts in this Thread:
Members can receive an alert when someone posts in this thread.
Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Send me email when someone posts in this thread: (available to Members)

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads or live auctions may be here - use the classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Personal attacks, insults, or flaming are not allowed.
Posting any of this will result in an immediate loss of posting privileges on this site.
Site Members do not see any warning (red) text.

Message:

Optional Link URL: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
To promote your own Saab site here, you must have a link back to The Saab Network.
Link Title:
Optional Image URL: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)


The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2012 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no Spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Donations
Your address is: 72.44.48.122 - Using CCBot/2.0 - Logged.
Site Members do not see red text instructions, green links, and bottom of the page banners.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!