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A Look Around Blind Spots

Published July 28, 2016 By Mick Farmer

HF Antenna Fittings and Visibility - Exterior View

Blind spots are anywhere where we can't see without moving our vision. Most common ones which everyone is (or should be aware of) are the ones to the side of the vehicle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: HF Radio, modifications, road safety

Low Bed Trailers and Speed Bumps

Published September 30, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Concrete-Speed-Bump-Uganda

Some of the speed bumps on the main corridors in East Africa have become mountainous to the degree that some trailers cannot get over them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: road safety

Key Benefits to Using Push-Pull Steering

Published July 1, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Push Pull Steering

Push-Pull aka Pull-Push Steering It's proactive: Hands are always in a position to make an immediate counter manoeuvre. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driving Tagged With: driving, road safety

Why a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System is Important

Published May 3, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Tyre Pressure Monitor System - Monitor

A recent long trip reinforced the importance of having a tyre pressure monitoring system fitted.  The tyre picked up a roofing nail and the system warned of low pressure soon after. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Equipment Tagged With: driving, Equipment, Pressure Pro, road safety, tyres

Wearing Your Seatbelt Correctly Matters

Published March 19, 2015 By Mick Farmer

seatbelt-worn-properly

This post is to address a few points which come up regularly in training.  Wearing your seatbelt and wearing it correctly will have a significant influence on whether you survive a motor vehicle collision or not. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driving Tagged With: road safety, safety gear, seatbelts

Speed Bumps, Hills and Mountains in East Africa

Published January 9, 2015 By Mick Farmer

Aggressive Speed Bump - Kenya

Twenty Years Ago... Twenty years ago I used to push trucks from Mombasa to South Sudan. The main roads at that time were in pretty bad shape. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: driving, road safety, speed bumps

My thoughts on Bridgestone Blizzaks

Published May 15, 2014 By Mick Farmer

Bridgestone Blizzaks

I had never been much of a fan of Bridgestone Tyres until we did training in Kyrgyzstan in -30 conditions. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rants and Raves Tagged With: road safety, tyres

Can You Spot 6 Hazards?

Published April 29, 2014 By Mick Farmer

Spot Hazards

This road scene may look safe; and it can be fairly safe as long as the conditions have been identified correctly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driving Tagged With: driving, road safety

Driving Murram Roads

Published April 15, 2014 By Mick Farmer

Murram Road

Some say that Murram roads can be as good as Tarmac. Never. Always dangerous; however good they look. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driving Tagged With: driving, road safety

RSA.ie – Duty of Care to Drivers

Published March 27, 2012 By The architect

Duty of Care

RSA.ie - What the laws say. While drivers are responsible for how they drive, you as an employer have duties in helping to make driving for work safer. Three sets of laws influence driving for work in Ireland: Road Traffic Laws: the Road Traffic Act 1961 and its later amendments influence driving on public roads in Ireland. The Gardai, sometimes in collaboration with the HSA, are responsible for enforcing road traffic laws and investigating collisions and fatalities. Health & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: This and That Tagged With: driver training, driving, road safety

Test of crash helmets available in Uganda

Published June 3, 2011 By Mick Farmer

Not all helmets are the same.  First two helmets are bought from the general market place. The blue one is the most common one to be worn as it is the cheapest! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: This and That Tagged With: helmets, road safety, safety gear

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