Driving Tips for New College Students provides safety tips for college students driving long distances to campus. The tips include checking the vehicle for any issues, having an emergency kit, familiarizing yourself with the campus area before classes start, being aware of pedestrians and local conditions, not drinking and driving and finding safe transportation instead, and maintaining good grades for a car insurance discount.

1. Driving Tips for New College Students

2. As a college student that lives near campus I
have never really had to worry about safety
when driving to campus other than just
general driving safety.

3. I consider this to be a great benefit and
stress reducer.

4. Although I do realize that most college
students do not live so close to campus.

5. This means that they will be driving from
long distances to their new housing
arrangement, whether it is a dorm or an
apartment.

6. By informing your child of these tips you can
worry less about them while they are at
school.

7. The first tip to help ensure a safe trip for
your college student is to check their vehicle.

8. This includes checking tire pressure, fluids,
lights, and general areas of interest.

9. This can reduce the chance that your child
gets stranded in an unknown location
without a functioning vehicle.

10. Another important tip is to make sure that
there is an accident kit in the vehicle.

11. Heaven forbid that anything should happen
that would require your college student to
need to use this kit.

12. However, having the kit and not needing it is
safer than needing the kit and not having it.

13. Drive to the campus location with your
college student before classes start and
everything gets crazy.

14. This will help you and your child know that
area that they will be living in for the next
four years a lot better.

15. This is also beneficial to parents when they
come to their student’s campus for Parents
Weekend.

16. Tip number four is to remind your student of
general driving safety.

17. This includes remembering pedestrians.

18. You may want to drill this into their head,
especially if you come from an area with few
or no pedestrians.

19. Also, remind your child to check local
conditions.

20. Driving to college includes a lot of the same
driving techniques they use while driving in a
local area.

21. One of the most important tips is to remind
them not to drink and drive.

22. Sadly, as parents you know that your child
will be attending parties during their time at
school.

23. This means that they will be tempted to
drink.

24. However, even if you can’t stop your college
student from drinking you can always
remind them to find a safe way back to their
dorm or apartment.

25. This could include calling a cab or having a
friend of their drive them home.

26. The final tip that as parents you should make
sure your child knows is that good grades
usually equal a discount on their car
insurance.

27. This signals your college student to do well
especially if they are paying for their own
insurance.