Preparing Your Teen For the Road

I understand how dangerous the roads can be especially if your car is prone to break at inopportune moments. At some point all the drivers were stranded on the side of the road. Whether it's a flat tire or a broken car overheated engine can lead to a very dangerous situation when caught in an intersection or on the side of a busy road with limited visibility. These types of unexpected circumstances have been known to lead to fatal traffic accidents for adult drivers and may be even more dangerous for a young driver without the experience or capacity to handle the situation. No matter what the problem with the car, there are steps you can take as a parent to help your child prepare for difficult life situations.

Through education and a little forethought you can help your child prepare for the roads often unpredictable behavior. To help prevent panic familiarize your child with all the common aspects of maintenance and repair of cars and have put their knowledge into practice. If an adolescent has already changed a tire, or controlled and refill your engine oil will have little difficulty doing so when the road demands.

What to teach: Review of common car problems and their symptoms will help your child become familiar with your vehicle and see your changes. These symptoms and common problems should be written and stored in the glove box car reference.

路 Dealing with a flat tire

Being back on the road and inexperienced teen driving not know they have a flat tire. Through the driving experience can say that the car makes strange noises and behaves erratically when you have a flat tire. Simply tell your child how a car responds to a prick will make them more alert and can save you the hassle of rim and tire replacement.

Along with the recognition of a flat tire a driver must know how to remove the floor and replace the spare tire. Showing your child the tools to replace the tires and have practiced this a few times enhance security and help ensure that you do not have to come to the rescue of a Friday night to change a tire.

路 monitoring and maintenance of tire pressure

There are common symptoms of tire pressure low that even the adults did not feel the vehicle pulling to one side. Having a car balance can be very dangerous especially in bad weather.

An easy solution: to provide your child with a tire gauge and a bottle of either a flat or fixed-a portable compressor and teach them how to use them. Also be sure to note the proper PCI for your car at the top laptop keep in the car.

Check and oil 路 filing:

Keep the engine oil can be hectic depending on vehicle condition and age. Some older vehicles by burning oil at an extraordinary rate which is extremely important not only to monitor the oil on a regular basis, but also to be prepared to keep a bottle of motor oil in the car. But even if your child is driving a newer car, it is important for them to know where the dipstick and how to check and maintain the engine oil because it is the blood of the car and the imperative of proper vehicle function .

Keep windshield washer fluid 路

windshield washer fluid is important to maintain adequate visibility especially in summer when the insects make a mess of a car window.

路 Jump Start a Car:

Everyone makes the mistake of draining your battery by leaving the lights on, which is why your car should be equipped with jumper cables and your child should be instructed on its use.

Presentation 路 water:

Without water, the engine is forced to overheat, especially if your child is driving an old car make sure they are aware of and prepared with extra water in the trunk.

路 common symptoms and problems

engine overheating: Heater only blowing cold air engine temperature gauge moving beyond the midpoint of steam or smoke from the engine

Drain the engine oil: Engine oil is the lifeblood of a vehicle, which keeps all parts in the engine lubricated so they can run without the engine parts will create too much friction and stop working. Because there is no pre-cursing symptoms is important to keep the oil regularly.

puncture: Rough Ride feels awkward and out of balance the car pulls to one side you hear a noise

Low tire: car pulling to one side of difficulty of servicing the vehicle directly in the path

If no breaks: Breaks to squeak an extreme amount Feeling like you are pushing very hard on the breaks and stop almost

Safety Tips: Car problems are very dangerous especially in busy roads or times of poor visibility (night, rain or snow). Here are some tips to help protect your child to fix the car or waiting for help.

路 Get the car off the road as far as possible 路 Use emergency flares and flashing lights to warn other drivers 路 Place flares on nonflammable surfaces, not green areas that could ignite 路 Beware of trying to help, not enter a foreign car 路 Call for help

Preparation:

路 Accident-Accident Kit A kit should be prepared beforehand and kept in the glove compartment. This will make it easier for your teen to remember what is necessary in case of accident, since it is easy to forget the important steps when under stress.

Camera

"To take photographs of the damage

Personal Data Sheet

-Prepare before making sheets with your name, phone number, address and insurance information

Paper and pencil role

"In the tablet has a written sheet with the information to be picking up your child in an accident ...

Name, address, phone number, vehicle make, model and color of license plate information security number

Emergency Kit, a kit should be kept in the vehicle at all times, this kit should include:

Jumper cables
Road flares
Two quarts of oil
Antifreeze
First aid kit
Flashlight and extra batteries
Flat head screwdrivers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Pliers
Adjustable wrench
tire inflator (such as Fix-A-level)
Tire Pressure Gauge
Rags
Tape
Cleaning fluid
Razor
Ice scraper
Granola or energy bars
Bottled water