Resident Safety
Do you know how to steer if one of your tires has a blow out? Or if your car starts running in an erratic manner? Or when the road is icy and you go into a skid? If not, you could potentially hurt someone of get into a bad accident because you are unfamiliar with what you can do in such an emergency situation and endanger your resident. As law enforcement officers, we take courses that rain us to operate our police cars on a higher level of safety because we face unpredictable circumstances on daily basis and have been able to control our cars at all times, even at high speeds during a chase. You may want to enroll in a police-taught, enhanced auto safety course yourself to help you better respond to emergency situations on the road. As someone who always champions better preparedness, I believe taking such a course is a great idea. At the end of the program, you may not be able to pull off stunts, make fancy U-turns or slide int a parking spot like you see in movies and commercials, but you will feel more empowered and confident in your abilities to stay safe on the road.
Something you also want to be sure about is keeping your vehicle in good shape. half of making sure that you are safe is being aware and using common sense. the other half is having a backup plan in case your first line of preparation falls short. Imagine you get a flat tire. You pull over and get ready to change it, but when you open your trunk and get out the spare, you realize it is deflated too. You might be stuck for sometime waiting. During that time you could decrease your resident safety.
