How to win a marathon in three easy steps... and how it can make you a safer driver

Want to know the secret to winning a marathon? Simply follow these 3 steps and you're guaranteed to be successful. My advice has nothing to do with the shoes you wear or the food you eat before hand or the amount that you train. If you want to win a marathon, here's what to do:

1. Put your left foot in front of your right foot.
2. Put your right foot in front of your left foot.
3. Repeat, faster than everyone else in the race.

Before you click away from this article out of anger at my smart alecky advice, consider this: With that kind of advice, anyone could win any marathon they entered, but it's all theoretical until you actually put it into a practice. And only the people who put it into practice will win. Many runners will try to find other tricks and gimmicks to get around it but ultimately a marathon is won by doing exactly that!

The same goes for safe driving. Automakers can create high-tech vehicles that are extremely safe and easy to operate. And lawmakers can make and enforce laws that keep people from speeding or messaging on their cell phones. But ultimately, safe driving boils down to just a few fundamentals:

1. You have to WANT to be a safe driver.
2. You need to slow down and focus on the road.
3. Safe driving is a series of decisions and skills that get better when you make the conscious decision to improve them.
4. The first three steps must be repeated every single time you get behind the wheel.

Our safer cars are good. Our safe driving laws are good. But they are only as good as the people who follow them and understand their purpose.

Safe driving comes down to YOU and your own decision. It's a simple decision not to let other things in life keep us from getting to our destination in one piece. It's also a selfless decision because it sometimes means letting another driver in in-front of you.

These are hard to do until we remember this important fact: Our families are the most important things in our lives and we must drive safer to keep them safe and to ensure that we are there for them when they need us.
(And there's a second fact to remember, too: Everyone else on the road also has a family who loves them and relies on them. Our safe driving keeps other people safe and other families happy).

Safe Driving Wrap-up

Want to win a marathon? There are no tricks or gimmicks, just simple advice. Want to drive safer? There are no tricks or gimmicks, just simple advice. If you want to driver safer, just follow it.