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Protecting Your Family While Traveling on Wet Roads

April showers bring… hazardous driving conditions, which could lead to potentially deadly accidents if you are not properly prepared. Common sense tells you that the first thing you should do when you find yourself driving in the middle of a spring or summer storm is to slow down. However, there are a few other simple ways you can protect your precious cargo during the rainy season: WINDSHIELD WIPERS Equip your vehicle with a good set of wiper blades. When was the last time you replaced your car’s windshield wiper blades? Car care experts recommend they be changed at least twice … Continue reading →

Back-to-School Driving Tips For Teens

Did you know that vehicle crashes are the No.1 killer of U.S. teens? Studies show many of these deaths are the result of driver error to due to inexperience behind the wheel… AND they are preventable. It’s a fact that many parents of teen drivers need to be aware of especially with fall just around the corner. In less than 10 days millions of teens will be back on the roads heading to and from class and after-school activities. Experts say this last week in August is an ideal time to speak with your student driver about the rules of … Continue reading →

Keeping Track Of Your Teen Drivers

What is it about teens obtaining their driver’s licenses that make parents’ stomachs churn? My daughter has a few years before she gets behind the wheel, but she’s already getting a taste of what it’s like to be on the receiving end of parents’ concern about their children hitting the highways. We recently visited my parents in Hawaii and every time (I am not exaggerating—every single time) we left their home my dad would follow us out to the garage, give my daughter a hug good-bye and “whisper” (loud enough for me to hear): “Make sure your mommy drives carefully.” … Continue reading →

Summer Road Trip: Tires

Despite gas prices nearing record levels studies show many families are still planning to hit the road this summer. As such I have decided to write a series of blogs providing tips on how you can stay safe while on driving to your summer vacation destination. Today, I’m focusing on car care–specifically tire care. While it is important to remain vigilant about the condition of your tires throughout the year it is especially critical in warm weather because long trips, heavy loads, high speeds and higher temperatures all put additional stress on your tires. Before you head out on the … Continue reading →

On The Road Again… And Again… And Again

The older kids need to be at school by 7:45 a.m. and the younger one has playgroup at 9:30 a.m. In addition, the dry cleaning needs to be picked up, the grocery shopping needs to be done, and the van needs gas. When that’s done, Jr. has an afternoon doctor’s appointment and the other kids have to be dropped off at soccer practice. Does this sound like a typical day in your life? If it does you aren’t alone. In a previous blog I expressed shock over the results of a recent SC Johnson survey, which revealed that a whopping … Continue reading →