Avoiding Dangerous Car Accidents Through Safe And Careful Driving
If you want to avoid getting in a car accident
, either by your own cause or not, the first step is to learn how to drive as safely as possible. There are many different safety standards which you should seek to meet every time you get behind the wheel.
First, always double check every stop sign before you proceed forward. You never know when someone is going to be careless and not notice that it is your turn to proceed forward.
It can be the different between life and death. A great portion of accidents come from stop sign mistakes.
Next, when backing out of a parking spot it is very important to not just check to the left and right to see if a car is approaching, but to also check straight behind you and make sure the car behind you doesn't choose that time to back out of his parking spot. You also have to be aware of shoppers walking behind your vehicle, especially kids that have raced ahead of their parents and might not be easily seen over the rear of your vehicle.
Next, if you are waiting for the red light to turn green, learn to wait a second after the light turns before moving into the intersection. Invariably there will be someone coming from the left or right who tries to race through on the tail-end of the yellow light, or even worse, thinks that if the car in front has time to make it through the yellow, that it means they can too.
Usually the light turns just as they are entering the intersection, and if you are chomping at the bit to get going as soon as you get the green, you could easily find yourself in a bad accident. This is just a problem that can be easily avoided by patience.
Don't forget, always Look Both Directions. When you are at an intersection waiting to turn right, the instinct is to watch for traffic coming from the left and then to just begin your right turn without a final check in that direction.
Unfortunately, many accidents occur because something has changed to the right, such as a pedestrian moving into the crosswalk, or a vehicle from the right making a U-turn into your lane, or even a vehicle pulling out of a parking lot just around the corner.
If you turn without looking first, there could be a sudden accident and if would be your fault. The last thing you want is to be responsible for the injury or even the death of another human being.
Do not be in such a hurry to pull out into traffic that you rush out as soon as an oncoming vehicle passes, without a knowing for sure that it is not towing a low trailer behind it. The low tow can be dangerous if you are in a hurry.
When you are changing lanes in traffic, you need to make sure you actually turn your head and glance back over your shoulder for a vehicle that may be perched in the blind spot of your rear view mirror. This mistake happens too many times to count.
That blind spot can be a lot bigger than you think. Most people think they are going to be immune to something like that, but it happens to all of us at some point or another.
Last but not least, don't forget that trucks cannot always see you. They have extremely long vehicles, and mirrors not too much bigger than our own.
It makes sense that they will not be able to see you. Just remember the rule that is printed on the back on many trucks-if you cannot see their faces in their side mirrors, they cannot see you either.
Take the time to be as careful as possible-there is nowhere you need to be that is more important than the your safety, or the safety of those driving with you. Always be an alert and careful driver, and you will be just fine.
Being a defensive driver is just as important as being a proactive one. Don't count on other people on the road being as careful as you are.
by: Tom Selwick
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