Perhaps, and you can always spot the bad drivers; they're the ones following the speed limit!
How exactly is going the speed limit a sign of a 'bad' driver, Mike? I see cops flash their lights 'cos they don't want to wait at a light or a stop sign. I see cops speeding all the time and disregarding their own traffic laws, yet they have NO problem issuing you a ticket for violating a traffic law. Does that make them 'GOOD' drivers? There's nothing wrong with flowing with traffic, but if someone wants to go the speed limit, which is the law, how is that bad? Seems to me that the only reason it's bad, is when it incoveniences you. That's not the type of mentality I would classify in a 'good' driver.
Anyway, I was obeying the traffic laws, and so was the other guy in the first accident, he spun out because he had ####ty tires or just didn't realize how slippery it was that day. The second guy wasn't paying attention and ran the light. If both were more alert to the conditions and the traffic signals, neither accident would have happened.
And your point is? While the first one was a situation that couldn't really be avoided, the SECOND guy and I quote you, 'wasn't paying attention and ran the light.' THAT, my friend, is clearly someone that should
NOT be behind a wheel. Excuse me, but how can you run a light by NOT paying attention. That's got to be the STUPIDEST excuse for an accident I've ever heard?!!? ( I do hope you got something out of it.)
In both of those instances, situations arised that could NOT be avoided. The first one, however, was one that could not be helped. He lost control of his car and you hit him. In ice, you were helpless and there isn't much to do. I've driven in ice and know how it is. Most people have driven in rain several times and yet there are STILL idiots that don't think 'Gee, the roads are slick. I should change my driving to compensate for the loss of traction, due to rain.'
The second guy BLATANTLY disregarded the traffic signals. I'm sorry, but when I'm coming to an intersection that has a light, I pay ATTENTION. If he had just obeyed the rules, he wouldn't have hit you. but he didn't care. He didn't want to wait at the light, so he ran it.
Ultimately, one needs to compensate for other people's poor driving skills.
That's still no reason to not follow the rules. Sure there are instances where the rules must be broken, but if you do it constantly and without a thought for the others on the road, you are no better than the people complained about. If some guy were to slam on his brakes in front of me and even with my typical 'car length' of space between us, I would CERTAINLY change a lane without signaling, if it would prevent an accident.
Most accidents aren't caused by human error, but by negligence. My ex-wife totalled her car, 'cos her phone rang and she reached down on the passenger-side floorboard to get her phone out of her purse. THAT is ignorance. (Consequently, she wouldn't speak to me for over a week, 'cos though I sympathized that she lost her car, it was from her own negligence and I had no sympathy at all for that.) If she had just waited to answer her phone, it wouldn't have happened, but it was more important to answer the phone than to pay attention to the road.
People get into accidents, 'cos they change lanes without looking, run stopsigns or stoplights, disregard 'no left turn' signs, etc. Hell, there are idiots that kill people 'cos the go the wrong way on a street.
It's one thing to tail gate or weave through traffic at high speeds
One of the biggest reasons for pileups on freeways. God forbid they have to wait to move, when by changing a lane without looking they can move a whopping
ONE car length ahead... :-x
Personally, I find that those drivers who follow the traffic laws to the T are the worst drivers
Really? So that guy that ran the light and hit you, he is what you would classify as a 'good' driver, Mike? Get real. He hit you simply 'cos he didn't want to wait at a RED light and ran it, smacking you in the process. If he was REALLY a good driver, he would have slowed down and stopped at the light, since it was OBVIOUSLY your turn to go. Like you said yourself, your view was blocked by another car. You didn't see him coming. Since you couldn't see him, due to the other car, you MUST have been moving through the intersection. How could he have missed the light, but not notice the cars MOVING across his path??
and mostly because they are insecure behind the wheel and hope the traffic laws will somehow protect them.
I am NOT insecure behind the wheel. I am constantly aware of what's going on around me when I am driving, 'cos most people, yourself included by what you have written, are
BLINDED by the fact that there are OTHER people occupying the road, other than yourself and I am in no way going to endanger MY life, so you can gun your car at 150mph and cut me off without signaling, simply 'cos you want to get somewhere faster. It's ignorance like that killing motorists, not me.
And yes, I will admit that there are drivers out there that ARE insecure about their driving, namely young drivers and old drivers, but considering how many traffic fatalities there are in the US/Canada per year, it's no wonder. If we didn't have these stupid, ignorant f*cks that HAD to race, or disregard traffic signs, or talk on the phone, etc., we CERTAINLY wouldn't have has many accidents as we do now.
I at least know perfectly well what my car is and is not capable of because I've taken it to it's limits and beyod.
What do you want, Mike, a cookie? Even RACE car drivers get into accidents and that's all they do is drive their cars, learning the 'ins and outs' of their machine. You think that 'cos you know your car, you're above the laws of the road and they don't pertain to you? Once again, you've proven my point that ignorance is what kills people. So since you 'know' your car, you feel that you can just 'whip' through traffic how you please??
Sure, it's good to know your car, but many people out there don't and a vast majority of them are the ones responsible for collisions. I haven't gotten into any accidents because I take EXTRA precautions, not because I 'know my car'.
I must have touched a nerve with you, Mike. I wasn't trying to get a rise out of anyone, but you immediately started to bash people who 'follow the rules', which only leads me to think that you give no consideration to those driving around you. I'll be waiting for your flame, 'cos you always do. Then again, *I* am not the one that's been in two collisions with other vehicles. :-D
