I've been invloved in two accidents, neither my fault. The first was when a car spun out in front of me while attempting a lane change under VERY icy conditions. He started doing 360's infront of me and I plowed into him, no way I could have prevented that. The other was when a guy ran a red light, and if it wasn't for the fact that another car was blocking my view, I probably would have stopped in time to prevent that accident (which wrote off my first Supra).
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.
I fail to see how "running a red light" is obeying Traffic laws...
In the UK all vehicles must have a yearly Road Worthiness test (Known as the MOT), I know that this is not the case in Canada, but tires that are unsuitable for the road are not legal in this country and I'm sure not in Canada too!
Alertness is also a legal requirement, one must be aware of other road users and beable to predict what other useres will do in a given situation. If they abey the law you can predict how they will react, if not you will be less accurate in your predictions.
I have been cought speeding twice, both times when it was a stupid teenager. I paid the price, lost my licence (The 6 points rule) and had to retake my test. Which does give be the boast of passign my test first time... and then first time the second time too :-)
I've never had a crash or accident. I think I'm a good driver and I certainly don't break the speed limit ever, anymore since I learned my lesson.
