Driving in Autumn: Dark Nights, Wet Roads and the Return of the PotholeWe promised to share our top tips on keeping yourself safer as the nights get longer and statistically more accidents happen. Top Tip #6. ⏱️ 🥱Busy commutes, tired brains and the temptation to rushIt’s dark. It’s raining. You’re late. The traffic is barely moving, and your phone has just pinged. (Of course you don’t intend to answer!)Welcome to the perfect recipe for distraction.As the days get shorter, many of us spend more time driving in darkness during the morning and evening rush hours. Add tiredness, stress, rushing or the temptation to check a notification, and concentration can quickly suffer.For learner drivers, reduced visibility can also make familiar junctions and manoeuvres feel more challenging. That’s normal. Driving takes practice, and different conditions require different skills.Trident Top Tip: Give yourself time to concentrate.* Allow extra time for journeys so you aren’t tempted to rush.* Put your phone away before setting off.* Never drive when you’re too tired to do so safely.* Build experience of night driving gradually, with a qualified instructor where appropriate.Being confident doesn’t mean pretending every journey is easy. It means recognising when conditions are challenging and adapting accordingly.And if you’re running late? Arriving a few minutes later is considerably better than not arriving at all.We still have a couple more of our Trident Top Tips to help you stay safer. If you can’t wait that long you can check out our blog post. Link in the comments 👇#TridentTopTips #drivesafer #winterdriving #tridentdrivertraining...
Driving in Autumn: Dark Nights, Wet Roads and the Return of the PotholeWe promised to share our top tips on keeping yourself safer as the nights get longer and statistically more accidents happen. Top Tip #5🤔Familiar roads, unfamiliar conditionsYou know this road. You’ve driven it dozens of times. You could probably manage it with your eyes closed.Please don’t, obviously.The problem is that a familiar road can feel reassuring even when the conditions have changed completely.A dry road can become slippery after rain. Low sunshine can suddenly dazzle you. A bend that felt straightforward in summer may now be covered in wet leaves, while a country lane may have mud, standing water or a tractor leaving a little extra countryside behind it.Rural roads can be especially challenging because of sharp bends, narrow lanes, limited street lighting and hazards hidden around corners.Trident Top Tip: Drive the road you’re on, not the road you remember.Keep reassessing the conditions. Adjust your speed, positioning and following distance as necessary, and make sure you can stop safely within the distance you can see to be clear.Your experience of a road is useful. Assuming it will always behave the same way is not.We still have a couple more of our Trident Top Tips to help you stay safer. If you can’t wait that long you can check out our blog post. Link in the comments 👇#TridentTopTips #drivesafer #winterdriving #tridentdrivertraining...