How to become a safe driver

The thing I do to become a safe driver, is I set higher goals. I set goals for myself that I want to achieve related to what I'm presently doing.

For driving I visualize myself as a commercial pilot, and qualification I need to get those types of jobs.

Think about it if you were an employer of a major Airline or a commercial driving company, would you hire someone who has a bad driving record, or even a bad flight record? "I sure wouldn't" I would tell him to take a defensive driving course, or for a pilot a flight safety course.

I would make up a mindset, that if I get into an accident, I would lose my opportunity to become something better. I would scare myself not to the extent that you panic, but just enough to make you a safer, more reliable, alert, and a more accountable driver. Before you know it, you would have achieved something you never thought you could have because you were trying to be better than what you are currently.

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Merry Christmas!

Hello everybody I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope everyone is enjoying their Holiday's.

I visited some driver forum's earlier today and it got me thinking, how far did I take commercial driving to. I started out driving school buses and ended up with a class ABCD CDL drivers license. I can't really explain how I did it I just did it, because I enjoyed what I was doing, and I was having fun.

Looking back to 2003 when I first took my first CDL road test I never could have imagined I would become a Motorcoach driver, and what's funny is I was the youngest motor coach driver for the two companies I worked with. "it's a fact ask my former employers!" I don't know exactly how these companies screen their driver's, but it is surprising to me.

Motorcoach driving was fun from my experience. The best I can describe it is driving a luxury bus, and you are the man in charge. Visit TAG for more information on Motorcoach driving.

Anyways

I am enjoying my life, I have done most of the things I wanted to do, and setting new challenges. I hope you do the same; keep on keepin on, set your goals and achieve it, and set new ones once you acccomplished it.

Inventing is complicated, but doable!

Besides driving I never actually thought about becoming an engineer or an innovator at all, but driving changed my way of thinking.

Have you ever wondered what truck driver's really do while they are out there on the road? I know everybody is different in one way or another. Some driver might be out there because they have to support a family, some might be out there because they love the ever changing scenery, some might be out there because it is what they want to do, and they are good at it, some might be making lots of moola, but I did it because I lacked the qualification needed to become a commercial pilot ("commercial anything"), and commercial driving was the next best thing.

Commercial driving wasn't what I thought it would be like. I had no clue what they did, and what they really do. I just thought "humm" wouldn't it be nice to be in control of the biggest thing on the road, and be in charge of a 40 ton machine "Road King". It's not as easy as they make it look. It takes lots of practice and complete concentration to handle one of those babies, but enjoyable once you get the hang of it.

Non-commercial driver's doesn't really know this, but there is freedom out there. Once you get to the pretty parts of the country you will be wooed by how peaceful our Country really is compared to third world countries. Believe me I lived in some of them, but I was lucky enough to be born in an upper class society. Imagine living in the only house in your town left un-annihilated and used as a base by Japanese soldiers during WWII. Some might call it haunted, but it is!! :)

Anyways back to my point.

I was looking for information about inventions and found this really cool blog, by Tim Ferris Author of "The Four Hour Work Week". Tim Ferris interviewed Stephen Key advisor to the American Inventor you should check it out if you're into inventing. "A beginner's Guide to How to Rent Your Ideas to Fortune 500 Companies (Plus: Video)"

Who Knew Driving Semi Trucks Can Make You Think Like an Inventor

I guess spending weeks over the road can make you imagine possibilities, and solutions to problems we as citizens of planet Earth make like the deterioration of the ozone layers.
While I was out driving viewing different scenery, beautiful cities, driving through breath taking mountains all throughout North America.
I couldn't help myself from thinking of different solutions to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.
I thought about it over and over again, until I came up with a theory. The wheels on vehicles spin, and an electrical generator produce energy while spinning. Why not somehow incorporate a generator to harness the energy spinning wheels produce while in motion and re-charge an electric car "A Self Re-Charging Electric Car" Imagine that?
It actually took me several years to find the answer to my own question, which is ask.
Ask an expert!
Put your work, your soul, your goal out in public where people can see your achievements, your goals, your dreams, and eventually you will find the solution to your questions. It will somehow maybe "magically" appear, and it will hit you like a ton of bricks.
I really can't explain it, but proclaiming your goals will make you take actions.
I eventually got the courage to ask a local mechanical engineer professor to look at my theory and explain how, and why my theory work. I found that my theory was good, but our current electric cars does not have enough power to move a car from a complete stop and power the generator at the same time, but a similar technology is currently in use on some of the new hybrid cars using the braking system to generate power and re-charge the car.
I guess my point is seek and you will find.