Auto Advice From An Auto Expert

Imagine this. About 3, 365 people were killed due to traffic crashes in Florida in 2006.  What a tragedy!  That is based from records provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

To prevent loss of more lives because of road accidents, the American Trucking Association National, which is composed of professional truck drivers, began its Share the Road Highway safety tour last February 15.  This activity, done during the Jacksonville Auto Show, gives an avenue for these professional drivers to share their knowledge on how to evade from traffic accidents particularly on how to safely share the road with large trucks, a PR Newswire report said.

According to Dennis Day, one of the speakers during the program who travels from Atlanta and Jacksonville for his route, said that it was his pleasure to help educate the motoring public with whom he interacts with everyday. 

“Hopefully, we’ll teach the attendees the importance of passing safely, maintaining a safe speed and keeping a minimum following distance, so we can all get home safely to our families,”  Day said.

Meanwhile, Chris Serviss, also a speaker during the event, said that the “Share the Road” project gave him an opportunity to give people some life-saving advice.  He added that through it, automobile drivers gained awareness on how to avoid crashes especially by determining the blind spots.

“This information and other safety advice will help everyone to share the roads safely,” Serviss said.

Share the Road’s safety demonstration lasted for more than a week excluding special arrangements and highway “ride-along” with the media.

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