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What to Know Before Offroading With Your Jeep

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Top Tips for Offroading In Your Jeep Despite Jeep vehicles being pros at going offroad, offroading isn’t something that you should do unprepared. If you’re new to offroading with your Jeep, allow us to get you started on the right foot.

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5 Tips for Becoming a More Confident Driver

Practice Driving Practice is the best way to get better at anything, from playing the piano to driving a car. The more time you spend thinking about driving without actually doing it, the more overwhelmed you will feel. Schedule time in your weekly schedule to drive more. You can ask your partner to let you…

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4 Driving Mistakes You Probably Make and How to Fix Them

Riding the Brake Unfortunately for many drivers, riding the brake becomes habit early. There is no reason for you to use both of your feet when you’re driving. In fact, when you ride the brake, you’re actually putting undue stress on your car. Holding down the brake and the gas together wears out your brakes…

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5 Ways to Deal With Aggressive Drivers

Avoid Eye Contact and Gestures An aggressive driver is typically an agitated driver. It’s important to avoid eye contact and refrain from making annoyed or inflammatory gestures. These non-verbal cues may be perceived as a threat or further agitate an aggressive driving and can potentially make the situation worse. Ensure your safety, and anyone who…

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The Best Vehicles for a Summer Road Trip

>Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel If you’re looking for a perfect vehicle that you’ll (hopefully) only have to fill up with gas once, look no further than the Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel. When equipped with the 3.0-liter diesel engine, this Jeep returns 22 city and 30 highway mpg with V-8-esque acceleration. A full tank of gas…

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4 Essential Parenting Tools for the Road

Change of Clothes Whether your child spills their food, has an accident, or gets car sick, one of the most important things you can keep with you is a change of clothing. You can either pack this in your travel bag or keep an extra pair of clothes in the car at all times. Make…

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How to Keep Kids Safe on the Road

Car Seat and Seat Belt Depending on the age and size of your child, they may need to be in a car seat or booster seat. Even if they are big enough to ride around without one of these, make sure that your child is always wearing their seat belt. Seat belts save lives, and…

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4 Tips for Teaching Teenagers How to Drive

1. Know Where You’re Going After a few practice sessions in a parking lot, your teen driver is ready to take the car for a spin on an actual road. Before you let your teen driver turn the key in the ignition, advise him to look at a map and figure out the best way…

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5 Apps to Use on Your Next Road Trip

GasBuddy When you are driving on long stretches of the freeway, you may notice that gas prices tend to increase in areas with lower populations. As the demand goes down, the price goes up, which means that your refueling costs could be more than you expect, especially if you estimating based on prices in your…

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The Parent-Teen Driving Agreement

Review Examples The CDC has a Parent-Teen Driving Agreement sample that is useful for parents who are determining their own rules of the road. This document includes various categories of promises made by teen drivers, including following rules of the road, driving in a focused and alert manner, taking responsibility as the driver of a…

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