The third rule is closely connected to the second one. In order to trust yourself as a driver, you’d better not drive impaired. This means that you should avoid driving when you are drink alcohol, sleepy, ill, emotionally unstable or if you find yourself in any other condition that would impair your ability to drive safely. If you have to take any medicines, you should be informed if their use interferes with driving. This kind of information is available on the drug brochure. Alcohol and drug use are out of question. Sadly, statistics show that alcohol is a prime cause of impairment. Since it acts as a depressant, it begins to diminish a person’s abilities with the first sip. It acts on the very skills and abilities you need for safe driving, often causing the time for reaction to double. Many people fail to realize that impairment if physical and mental abilities occurs way before reaching the legally allowed limit.
Another important rule on the road crucial for safe driving is to yield to other drivers. Often it is impossible to say who has the right to pass first so if ever in doubt, you would better yield. Right of way rules are far too often misunderstood, what seems right for you might not be obvious to the other driver. When it comes to driving safely, it is not the principle, but the outcome that counts. It saves lives.
