I recently completed a safety-oriented traffic school course online and there was an entire section dedicated to renting and borrowing cars. It surprised me to

I recently completed a safety-oriented traffic school course online and there was an entire section dedicated to renting and borrowing cars. It surprised me to see it covered, let alone how thorough their guidelines were. Some things I recall from their pre-flight checklist: - check general tire condition and pressures in a walk-around - locate the spare tire and jack - familiarize yourself with the location of pedals, and controls for turn signals, hazard lights, and the emergency brake - adjust seat and mirrors I didn't see the priority of locating the spare tire and jack before driving, but the others all seem like a good responsible bare minimum. People don't seem to generally appreciate the gravity of operating heavy machinery capable of high speeds on shared public roads.