Don't Drive Like This

10/30/2025

"Thanks to Don’t Drive Like This, my 17-year-old does not drive like an Ash. It has been so awesome for our driving discussions. It has made teaching my kid to drive a whole lot more fun… for us both!" - Zach M, parent.

Buy Now The impact of poor driving decisions and responses impacts us all. Let’s teach the next generation to do better. Thanks to Don’t Drive Like This, my 17-year-old does not drive like an Ash. This book has been so awesome for our driving discussions. Before we got it, I’d drive him nuts w...

10/30/2025

So, what metro area do you live in, and how afraid are you of getting into a collision or incident with an aggressive, distracted, or impaired driver? See this post for some startling statistics.

I ran a simple prompt on Claude.AI today to see which metro areas had the highest rates of aggressive, distracted, and impaired driving. While it may have some missing detail, we can see where in the US Angry Ashley is most likely to drive. (And Ashford too.) Below the table for some notes and cavea...

10/29/2025

The impact of poor driving decisions and responses impacts us all.
Let’s teach the next generation to do better.

"Thanks to Don’t Drive Like This, my 17-year-old does not drive like an Ash. This book has been so awesome for our driving discussions. Before we got it, I’d drive him nuts with my yelps and direction from the passenger seat. Now we point out Ashfords and Ashleys together on the road. It has made teaching my kid to drive a whole lot more fun… for us both!"
- Zach Messler, Father & Entrepreneur"

$3 off for a limited time at https://dontdrivelikethis.com/dontdrivelikethis-parents/

10/21/2025

A new video and long-form blog about the Don't Drive Like This! program. Targeted specifically for driver education professionals in the field. Blog, with embedded video at https://dontdrivelikethis.com/driver-education-professionals/

If you just want the video, you can see it here: https://youtu.be/2kxT1huU-vE?si=MMtX2jIPauAbF_YF

This is a 3 minute video that provides a short introduction to the Don't Drive Like This program. It is targeted at driver education instructors to provide t...

08/07/2025

Yes, I published a book to combat aggressive, impaired, and distracted driving. But it is not JUST a book. https://dontdrivelikethis.com/not-a-book/

07/30/2025

After the ADSEA conference, I reflect on learnings - and price adjustments for our launch materials - in this blog:

New, updated prices on Don’t Drive Like This paperback After the ADTSEA conference in Montana last week, we adjusted (lowered!) prices. You can see the updated price list here, including a coupon for $5 off an evaluation copy. We are working on posters now, and discussing and finalizing plans for ...

07/17/2025

Headed to ADTSEA Annual Conference in Montana. See you at the conference, or check out the LAUNCH special at www.dontdrivelikethis.com

07/11/2025

The kinds of messages we use to help driver education students, drivers in remediation programs, and frankly, experienced drivers learn and change matter. In this blog post, we explore 5 kinds of message outreaches as well as a sixth, humor.

Don’t Drive Like This will have a booth at the American Driver and Traffic Safety Association (ADTSEA) Annual Conference in Billings, Montana from July 20-23, 2025. We’ll be discussing how to stop aggressive driving with humor, story-rich illustrations, and discussion prompts. Hope to see you th...

06/30/2025

"When you dance, dance as if nobody is watching. When you drive, drive as if everybody is watching."

Image from "The Automobile Anger Apprentice" section where we learn that aggressive driving habits start very early in life.

Check out the soft launch order page and use the discount LAUNCH11 at https://www.dontdrivelikethis.com

06/25/2025

"Unlock Safer Roads: The Power of Learning Styles in Driver Education" A long-ish post about visuals, humor, and conversation prompts. A touch of instructional theory to apply to teaching new and experienced drivers. https://dontdrivelikethis.com/drivered-learningstyle/

Providing memorable and effective driver education, especially when addressing issues like aggressive, distracted, and impaired driving, requires a variety of teaching methods and content approaches to best engage students and help them remember the information.