Check the vehicle owner’s manual and other information available from the automaker to learn how these systems work, how to properly operate them, and to understand their limitations. Many newer vehicles offer technologies that assist drivers with steering, braking and/or accelerating to help you stay within your lane, avoid, or reduce collisions, and maintain safe following distances. There are many types of vehicles available today with many different characteristics, including fuel ignition systems, anti-lock brakes, four-wheel drive, and systems for traction control and stability control. Get to know your vehicle before you drive it. Strong emotions can reduce your ability to think and react quickly. In an emergency, you may make the wrong decision or you may not make the right decision fast enough.ĭon't drive when you are upset or angry. Your thinking slows down and you miss seeing things. Even if you don't fall asleep, fatigue affects your driving ability. You might fall asleep at the wheel, risking the lives of others on the road. Don't drive when you are sick or injured or when you have been drinking alcohol or taking any drug or medication that may reduce your ability to drive.ĭon't drive when you are tired. You must be in good physical and mental condition to drive. You should consider these factors before you begin driving, and you should not operate a motor vehicle when you are not fit to do so. Illness, fatigue, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, stress and your mental or emotional state can greatly diminish your ability to operate a motor vehicle. Your ability to drive can change from one day to the next. If you have doubts about any of them, don't drive. Before you drive, make sure you are comfortable with your physical, mental and emotional state, your vehicle and the conditions in which you will be driving.
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