I’m currently teaching one of my kid’s friends to drive and I will be helping her to shop for her first car after she gets her license next month too. Hannah is 23, she’s a young Mom with a 2 year old. Hannah is a great kid and a great Mom, and I’m happy to be there for her, and support her during this important milestone in her life. She works really hard to support her daughter and has put some money away for her new (used) car! She knows that driving is going to give her the freedom and independence that she needs and will open up all sorts of opportunities for her. She’ll have lots more choices for employment, as well as daycare providers, and she’s hoping to start taking classes at the local community college as well. Of course safety is hugely important to her. Most new drivers have to consider the safety of themselves, as well as the drivers around them. Hannah has the additional concern of keeping her super cute toddler safe too!
When it comes right down to it, it doesn’t matter what kind of car you drive as long as it’s safe and gets you where you need to go! And when it comes to vehicle safety … tire condition is a huge factor.
Michelin’s #firstcarmoment campaign was created to start the conversation about tire safety when driving your first car, although it applies to driving any car actually. Did you know that the weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day are known as the “100 Deadliest Days” for teen drivers? Scary! I had no idea that driving in the Summer could be so dangerous!
Here are some other facts that you may not know:
- 12% of the 2.2 Million accidents that occur each year with new drivers are due to tire safety issues
- 26% of those accidents are attributed to low tread depth
- 32% of those accidents are attributed to improper tire pressure
- Driving on tires that are under-inflated, or have low treads, means less traction on the road
Thankfully those types of accidents are preventable by regularly checking your tire pressure and learning how to check your tread depth.
To see some fun First Car Moments, be sure and watch the video below, I promise it will make you smile!
Or follow the #FirstCarMoment Conversation with Michelin on:
Hannah and I have been having fun doing a little preliminary car shopping… so many pretty colors! But when the day comes that she purchases her first car, we’ll be much more focused on good safe tires rather than a fun color!
And Now for the Awesome Giveaway!
Answer the following question to be entered to win a set of Michelin Premier LTX Tires!!
When it comes to road/car safety, what do you know now that you wish you knew when you first started driving?
*Disclosure – A set of tires for giveaway and compensation were provided for this post by Michelin as a part of a partnership with SheKnows. All opinions are my own.
Entry Instructions:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
1. Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
2. Tweet (public message) about this promotion; including exactly the following unique term in your tweet message: “#SweepstakesEntry”; and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
3. Blog about this promotion, including a disclosure that you are receiving a sweepstakes entry in exchange for writing the blog post, and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
4. For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older (or nineteen (19) years of age or older in Alabama and Nebraska). Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. The notification email will come directly from BlogHer via the sweeps@blogher email address. You will have 2 business days to respond; otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 7/9/2015 – 7/31/2015
Be sure to visit Michelin’s brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ posts!
Kelly Massman says
I didn’t know that you could blow your tires if they were under inflated. I found out when my son’s car tire exploded… Thanks for a chance to win! kmassman gmail
D Schmidt says
tweeted https://twitter.com/mummytotwoboys1/status/621694444694306816
D Schmidt says
I wish I had known the importance of checking tire tread, maintaining your vehicle and how ridiculous some other drivers can be!
Vickie says
There are so many great saving money and safety things I now know that I wish I new 20 years ago. But, the one experience of yearly teen driving I have that scared me for life is the one I will tell. It is funny NOW and the family still talks about.
My first car was a tiny car to begin with..so small that my dad put a bicycle flag on the back so people would see me..it was a Austin Healey Bug-eye Sprite. This was all I could afford at the time..used..and it was a stick shift. Dad taught me to drive here in VERY flat south Florida. All is good until the day my bff and I took a road trip to another area of Florida that I was not familiar with. In this one town on our route we had to go over a railroad track BUT the road when above and over it at a step angle..it was like a bridge just over the track area and then down to the river. Al is good until about 1/4 way up the traffic had backed up and I had to come to a start in the middle of the upside of the bridge. Well, long story short..I had NO clue how to use the clutch to stop and go with out rolling into the car behind me (which I did)! It was awful. Dad never taught me what to do or how to drive on non flat road..neither did my drivers ed class!
LaTanya says
https://twitter.com/sweetums82/status/621498104710193152
LaTanya says
the importance of getting your maintenance and oil changes
Amanda H. says
I wish I would have known how amazing snow tires are! It only took me 20 years of driving to figure it out… :/
Craig says
I wish I had known that the only driver you can really trust on the road is yourself and to not always assume that others are paying attention to the road or are obeying the signals and to take that into account at all times and drive extra cautiously.
Kristen says
tweeted
https://twitter.com/rubylorikeet/status/621147370303066114
Kristen says
I wish I’d learned how to drive in snow.
CR Williams says
tweeted https://twitter.com/mommysweetiepie/status/621130131713556481
livivua says
https://twitter.com/vivaciousgold/status/621035668219797504
heather says
When it comes to road / car safety, I wish I knew how important it is to take a defensive driving class when you first start driving.
Amy says
I really wish I knew to check my tire pressure regularly, It’s so important and I’ve had so many mishaps before i learned this lesson, as in popped tires, superbly flat tires and more. I now check all the time, just for peace of mind!
rachel cartucci says
I wish I had thought about seat belts and forcing all my friends to wear them when they got into my car.