Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus

Welcome to Episode #39 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl answers the question:    Who Has the Right of Way? If you’ve ever been confused about who’s turn it is as at a four-way stop, you’ll be glad you checked out this podcast. Listen and Learn.   Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel...

Don’t Do Stupid Stuff On April Fool’s Day we are happy to talk about one father’s advice to his daughter. Hello and Welcome to Episode #38 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus. Today Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl will speak to a father’s advice to his daughter in order to learn ways to disarm the antics of a teenage driver. Listen, learn and live. What parents are...

Episode #37 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus. Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl rolls out the rules of the roundabout in a way you can easily understand. His tips will also save you from the con-fusion and the honkers.  Listen and Learn. What Parents are saying about our courses: Clean, Concise, Informative Preparation ***** Our son completed this course, in discu...

Welcome to Episode #36 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast. You may be wondering why we’re focusing on this topic in March, but for Northerners the idea of a surprise blizzard with icy roads, thick slush, pouring rain and even wet leaves have been known to wreak havoc in March when driving on the roads. Listen and learn  as Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl t...

 Episode #35 of Throwing Your  Parents Under the Bus Podcast is focused on whether to Creep or NOT Creep on a Left Turn Listen and Learn! Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1 Join our Facebook page: drivesaferidesafe Listen to us on: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2361962/

Welcome to episode #34 of Throwing Your Parents under the Bus Podcast, with 170,716 large truck accidents reported in the United States in one year, we will discuss the importance of understanding the factors contributing to these crashes.  Listen and Learn. Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1 Join our Facebook page: drivesa...

On Episode #33 of Throwing Your Parents under the Bus Podcast We will start with telling you about one of our students who signed up for our driver ed course this summer, but before he was able to start the course was in a horrendous T-Bone Crash with his three siblings, his mother and grandmother.   Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert will dissect this crash for you and give you h...

Episode #32 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast will reveal lifesaving maneuvers to use if your tire blows.  And we’ll also hear from a student who tells us about his family’s traumatic tangle with a tire blow out on the freeway. Listen and Learn. Watch and learn by going to  www.drivesaferidesafe.com/podcast Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel:...

What is With the Emergency Brake? Episode #31 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast will give you the who, what, when, where and why we use our Emergency Brake.  Listen and Learn.       Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com  Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1  Join our Facebook page: drivesaferidesafe  Listen to us on: https://www.buzzsprout.com/236196...

How Do Sports Help You Become a Better Driver? Episode #30 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast call out student athletes to use their defensive skills on the courts, the fields and the ice when driving.  Listen and Learn.       Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1 Join our Facebook page: drivesaferidesafe Listen to...

Do you know why we use Green Lights at traffic stops? On Episode #29 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast, the DriveSafeRideSafe Team explains the origin of green lights and Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert, Mike Pehl discusses why on today's chaotic roads, Green No Longer Means Go. Watch and Learn Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our yout...

On Episode #28 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast, Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert helps answer a parent's question on how to help her college freshman deal with a speeding ticket.  Listen and Learn Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1 Join our Facebook page: drivesaferidesafe Listen to us...

On Episode #27 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus, we talk about touchscreen displays, voice commands, and hand gesture controls that have replaced traditional knobs and buttons, in today’s cars.  These new features are designed to enhance the driving experience, they can also be risky. Listen and Learn. Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com...

Don’t Sweat the Sweater. On Episode #26 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast, we discuss how during winter months, many of us get in our cars with jackets and sweaters that can become bulky as you car heats up.  The Question is what do you do about that? Listen and Learn. Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drivesaferidesafe1 Join ou...

On Episode #25 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast a parent asked us when they should allow their new driver to use cruise control and are wondering what is the adaptive Cruise Control in newer cars. Veteran Crash Investigator Mike Pehl discusses the who , what, when, where and whys of using a Cruise Control. Listen and Learn Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our...

Almost everyone has a story about a family road trip, be it wonderful or woeful.  On Episode #24 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus, we're discussing how to survive a family road trip because a recent Mazda survey revealed that 77% of parents find driving with children especially challenging, citing safety, road conditions, and managing distractions, as their top concerns. The DriveSafeRi...

The USDOT statistics tells us that on average 1700 people die in car crashes between  December 12-31 EVERY year. On Episode #23 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Our keeper of the enrichments, Natasha Johnson, pulled out an observations for a student from Sauk Centre who heard from his mother how quickly an accident can happen when roads are icy or slippery.  Veteran Crash Investigator and Dr...

Welcome to Episode #22 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus. Today we are discussing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning because exposure to this invisible gas can result in tragedy much more quickly than most people realize. Veteran Crash Investigator and driver safety expert Mike Pehl and our trustworthy enrichment researcher, Natasha Johnson who has another great observation to share. Listen and Learn....

Episode #21 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus involves some gruesome stories about what can happen when you try to outrun a train. These stories will help you understand why we teach new drivers to be cautious on train tracks. Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl,  has a personal experience with train tracks in addition to ways you can avoid making a horrible mistake....

Episode #20 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast   On Episode #20 We are talking about how to use proper driving etiquette during the crowded holiday season.  Veteran Crash Investigator Mike Pehl says that not knowing how to properly pass can be a disaster, especially if you are heading over the river and on the highway to Grandmother's House for Thanksgiving! Listen and Learn   Che...

Episode #19 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus On a practice drive with his parents one student began to question the meaning of a blinking Yellow Light as he observed drivers at an intersection.  Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl discusses this issue that has confused many drivers and caused many crashes. Listen and Learn Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.co...

Episode #18 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast If you ever drive at night on a secluded road, you need to know what to do if an animal crosses your path.   You'll hear a story from a parent about her encounter with critters at night and learn what Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl  advises everyone to do when they are faced with animals on the road. Che...

Episode #17 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus What are the Rules of the Road when Disasters Strike? From Hurricanes to Blizzards and Emergency Evacuations Veteran Crash Investigator and Driver Safety Expert Mike Pehl  Answers the questions about what to do when disasters strike. Listen and Learn. Check out our website: DriveSafeRideSafe.com Subscribe to our youtube channel: youtube.com/drives...

How to handle a driver that is crowding your space? When its rush hour and you want to get home, but someone is ruining your day, how can you safely handle the situation? We aren’t talking Road Rage we’re talking about poor driver that is enroaching on your space and trying to force you into making poor decisions. Episode #16 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast with  Veteran Crash Inves...

The answer is a resounding YES. However there's no comprehensive data collected exclusively on the number of extremity injuries that are caused when drivers and riders place their limbs outside moving vehicles. But we do know they occur. The question is are we paranoid or are we just fearmongering. Episode #15 of Throwing Your Parents Under the Bus Podcast with Veteran Crash Investigator and...