Comments on: How’s My Driving? http://saferbychoice.com/2009/07/hows-my-driving/ A little thought can make all the difference Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim http://saferbychoice.com/2009/07/hows-my-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Tim Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:23:52 +0000 http://saferbychoice.com/?p=257#comment-24 Paul, thanks for your thoughts on this. I think I should follow up on this post with a little research into driver feedback systems. I have always guessed that the bumper stickers generate far less compliments or constructive feedback than outright criticism. Anyone watching my incident Sunday would have guessed that I must be a very poor driver, and in that moment I was. But I am mostly a cautious and attentive driver. Driving is an example of where we need to learn to step back once in a while and challenge our attentiveness. Paul, thanks for your thoughts on this. I think I should follow up on this post with a little research into driver feedback systems. I have always guessed that the bumper stickers generate far less compliments or constructive feedback than outright criticism. Anyone watching my incident Sunday would have guessed that I must be a very poor driver, and in that moment I was. But I am mostly a cautious and attentive driver.
Driving is an example of where we need to learn to step back once in a while and challenge our attentiveness.

]]> By: Paul Farrell http://saferbychoice.com/2009/07/hows-my-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Paul Farrell Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:55:32 +0000 http://saferbychoice.com/?p=257#comment-23 Tim, Glad your near miss was nothing more eventful. It's interesting you titled your post "How's My Driving?" which is at some levels a "near miss" reporting system -- many of the calls logged report egregious behavior that if left unchecked would likely lead to a collision eventually. The point of the program is to intervene, compassionately, with the affected driver to provide tailored training on the issues mentioned within the report - not to punitively hurt the driver because of the report. Folks should be encouraged to take the time to place calls to How's My Driving hotlines - not to retailiate against another driver, but to simply report near misses so that training can flow to those drivers. Tim,

Glad your near miss was nothing more eventful. It’s interesting you titled your post “How’s My Driving?” which is at some levels a “near miss” reporting system — many of the calls logged report egregious behavior that if left unchecked would likely lead to a collision eventually. The point of the program is to intervene, compassionately, with the affected driver to provide tailored training on the issues mentioned within the report – not to punitively hurt the driver because of the report.

Folks should be encouraged to take the time to place calls to How’s My Driving hotlines – not to retailiate against another driver, but to simply report near misses so that training can flow to those drivers.

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