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    Excellence in Driving
    Excellence in Driving
    Excellence in Driving
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    Excellence in Driving

    By Bob Nimmo

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    At Team Nimmo we have put together what we believe is the most complete guide/book called “Excellence in Driving” for helping teenagers learn how to drive and in many cases how to make current drivers even better. Many of the topics we discuss will not be found in your typical “State Drivers License Manual” and are areas that young drivers today need to be aware of during those critical first months/years of driving. Though our targeted audience is young teenagers who are just getting started with the process of learning to drive we also feel it is most important that their teachers...parents...also know the in's and out's of driving not only the right way but the safe way. Many parents today don’t know where to turn to properly learn on their own how to teach their teenager to drive so this was our goal in writing this guide. Excellence in Driving, as well as our website, is really designed for both teenagers and their parents and we believe both will benefit from it over the long haul. This is the perfect starter book that all parents should consider purchasing for their child prior to teaching them to drive and goes great along with your particular state’s drivers license manual. We would also encourage others to consider purchasing this book to make a great gift for your nieces and nephews as well as grandchildren as they become of age to start learning how to drive. Lastly if you know of someone that well...is not your favorite person to drive around with or think they could use some help with their driving skills then let us send this book to them without having your name attached! We are also excited to be soon offering a Spanish version as well so spread the news to all your friends that there is a great book and website to help them learn "How to Drive...The RIGHT Way!"

    Bob Nimmo is the founder of Team Nimmo along with his wife Pat (deceased) and son Craig. With over 35+ years of driving experience throughout the entire United States Bob offers a unique insight into what it takes to be a safe driver! Our book “Excellence in Driving” is a culmination of over 13 years of work based on real life research and writing that teaches all that read it to Learn How to Drive...The RIGHT Way! To compliment this book we offer on-line at teamnimmo.com additional information to help you stay a better driver as well as a daily blog with helpful information from around the United States. We are also in the planning stages of offering video guides that will appear at this website as we grow! Lastly Team Nimmo has launched an exciting live seminar that is available to local High Schools, Corporate America, Churches as well as Civic Organizations. This one hour seminar/assembly promises to provide a fun packed/informative time for all who attend and everyone leaves with a free copy of this book as well. You can go to our website teamnimmo.com and click on one of these links and register to have us schedule a visit to your organization soon!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBob Nimmo
    Release dateJan 23, 2012
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      Excellence in Driving - Bob Nimmo

      Excellence in Driving

      The Complete Guide

      for Learning How to Drive!

      By Bob Nimmo

      Copyright 2011 by Bob Nimmo

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, the please return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - For Parents Only (Sort Of!)

      Chapter 2 - Basic Training

      Chapter 3 - Insurance…You Mean I Need Insurance?

      Chapter 4 - Getting to Know Your Car

      Chapter 5 - I Wouldn’t Steer You Wrong

      Chapter 6 - Stop & Go – The Gas and Brake Pedals

      Chapter 7 - Too Sexy for Your Seat Belt – NOT!

      Chapter 8 - Mirror Mirror on the Wall/In the Car

      Chapter 9 - Lights…Camera…Action!

      Chapter 10 - Park It Kid

      Chapter 11 - Let’s Not Get Distracted

      Chapter 12 - Speed Limits – You Got to be Kidding

      Chapter 13 - OMG…It’s the Police!

      Chapter 14 - Urban/Rural Road Driving

      Chapter 15 - Highway Driving – Trust Me it’s Different

      Chapter 16 - Don’t Pass on This Chapter

      Chapter 17 - Merging – It’s Not a Game of Chicken

      Chapter 18 - Drinking & Driving and Other Really Stupid Things

      Chapter 19 - Cell Phones and Texting – The Perfect Storm

      Chapter 20 - Do You Have a Plan of Attack?

      Chapter 21 - Turn Signal Etiquette

      Chapter 22 - Sharing the Road with the Two Legged Types

      Chapter 23 - I’d Like to Report an Emergency

      Chapter 24 - Those Mean/Angry Truck Drivers

      Chapter 25 - It’s Time for School

      Chapter 26 - Signs, Signs Everywhere a Sign

      Chapter 27 - Stop in the Name of Love B/4…

      Chapter 28 - Traffic Oh How We Hate Traffic

      Chapter 29 - Tailgating…and I Don’t Mean at Football Games

      Chapter 30 - The Weather – It Changes All the Rules

      Chapter 31 - There’s a Night and Day Difference

      Chapter 32 - Defensive Driving…Better Known as Paying Attention

      Chapter 33 - Off Road Driving and Not the Fun Type

      Chapter 34 - Final Score Trains 5,269 Cars 0

      Chapter 35 - Road Rage/Anger Management

      Chapter 36 - Can’t We All be Nice?

      Chapter 37 - Blind as a Bat

      Chapter 38 - Common Screw Ups…We All Do Them

      Chapter 39 - Flat Tires and Other Crummy Things

      Chapter 40 - Lions, Tigers and Bears…Oh My

      Chapter 41 - My Pet Peeves

      Chapter 42 - To All You Wonderful Senior Citizens

      Chapter 43 - The First Aid Car Kit

      Chapter 44 - Different Strokes for Different Folks

      Chapter 45 - The Ten Commandments of Driving

      Chapter 46 - The Exit Ramp!

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      For Pat…

      My Sweetie!

      Pat was my love, my wife, my buddy, my lover, my rock, my business partner, my very best friend and most importantly the love of my life that can never be replaced. I could not have asked for a more wonderful/beautiful person to ride shotgun with me as we traveled the entire United States together and never once did she complain. My sweetie supported me on this driving book project from the very first day that I came up with the concept until the day she left me and went to heaven and oh how I miss her so!

      This book is dedicated to Madison Lewis and all the other teenagers who have tragically lost their lives in automobile accidents!

      Introduction

      I can remember it like yesterday when my son turned 15 years old and announced Hey Dad when can I go and get my learners license so I can start to drive? One of those OMG moments that all of us parents end up going through! So my next step was to go out and pick up the State’s Drivers License Manual and once I got back I decided to flip through it since it had been years since I last saw a copy. The manual itself was OK as it contained the Basic’s for learning how to drive however what I noticed was there was so much Real Life driving tips missing. That day started my thirteen year project of writing this book called…

      Excellence in Driving

      The Most Complete Guide for Learning How to Drive…

      The RIGHT Way!

      Somewhere early in this journey I read that more teenagers are killed in automobile accidents each year than drugs, violence or health reasons. That was one startling statistic that just reinforced what I felt was the need for a more expanded book on all the in’s and out’s that I have learned in over 35+ years of safe driving. What makes me an expert you ask well to start with how about the thought that I have driven an estimated one million miles in my driving career both for business and personal. Just to give you a mindset that equates to driving to the moon and back…TWICE! Additionally I have driven over the entire United States from Caribou, ME to Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA and lastly Key West, FL and everywhere in-between. With all this time and miles that I have racked up I will stack up my years of a safe driving record with the best of them thus I feel I am pretty knowledgeable in offering what I think is the best advice to help you become a better and safer driver.

      So given all the above I felt there was a real need to help educate and prepare teenagers of today on Learning How to Drive…The RIGHT Way! Many times it was because young drivers did not have qualified parents/relatives to teach them the proper way to drive or safely operate a car. Even though this book’s main targeted audience is the 15-18 year old potential driver it is by no means to be limited to them only! There are in fact plenty of young adults (and even many older adults) who could benefit greatly from this book as you can teach an old dog new tricks so spread the news. Also maybe you have experienced the fear/terror when riding around with others such as family or friends that scare the heck out of you as you ride shotgun with them well a copy of this book would help both of you. In any case I hope this book will be helpful as an additional guide/resource to compliment your particular state’s drivers manual to help you and others become better and safer drivers! By the way on our website teamnimmo.com we have your states drivers’ license manual listed so go there and download a copy now!

      Happy Trails!

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      Chapter 1

      For Parents Only (Sort Of!)

      I have started this book with this chapter as the #1 influence on young drivers is their parents. It goes without saying that as your kids are growing up they will be watching/learning from your actions as a driver. So for their first 15+ years you will quietly be their teacher as they ride with you. How you drive and how you act while driving will be picked up by your kids and those habits will be carried on by them as they get older. So it is up to you to set the tone for when they first learn how to drive!

      Do you yell at other drivers (or occasionally flip them the middle finger), do you ride the bumpers of others, do you speed excessively or text while driving? All of these things they are taking in and might just end up influencing how they act once they get their drivers license. So now is the time to start correcting your own habits before they first learn how to drive. It’s the old saying monkey see as monkey do!

      So let’s remember from the very beginning when you first start teaching them to drive they will be a nervous wreck! Think back to when you first got behind the steering wheel with your Mom or Dad and how you felt? That said please go easy on them – no yelling - as your job is to teach and guide them not to be a screaming coach from their football or cheerleading days. My father (a great driver by the way) was so hard on me that after the second or third day out with him I came home crying to my mother telling her I could not learn to drive under his conditions anymore. My Mom then rode with me as I learned how to handle and drive a car up until I got my learners permit.

      So when you first start out the process of teaching your child it is best to start on a nice quiet Saturday or Sunday morning in a office or church parking lot (more on this later!). Once they are ready to advance out to the real world pick in advance some back roads that are less crowded to avoid the stress. Choose a route you want them to drive on that might offer them various challenges that contain stop signs, stop lights, curves, etc. Please don’t throw everything at them on the first day as remember learning to drive the right way is a marathon not a sprint and will take weeks/months to do.

      And one last thing after they have received their drivers license please take the time to occasionally drive with them to observe how

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