with you driving
me i'm on two in 5 years all my fault i think i should stop driving
2007-08-12 05:51:02 · 35 answers · asked by not me 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
You came to the right person for advice : )
Passed my test in 1977.... NEVER a single accident... never a single prosecution (plenty of parking tickets though, the damned things ). And I do about 15,000 miles a year. And I am not an old lady on the road -- I love speed when it is safe and legal and touched 130mph on a German motorway with my turbo engine saloon (no speed limit on German autobahns/motorways/highways).
You should NOT stop driving because you had two accidents in five years. It could have been bad luck too, remember. You have got the right attitude -- you feel you need to stop driving because you think you are danger to others on the road. 2 in five years isn't that many accidents. Do this instead:
(1) go to a good book shop and buy a book/s on how to become a better and therefore safer driver. I did that. Also...
(2) find out if in the area you live in there are any driving schools which offer professional advance driving tuition. That is what you need. You are an experienced driver (5 years) so you might just need some hazard-awareness driving tuition. Tell them just what you told us. I feel confident they will help you. Here in the UK and in the EU learning to drive is taken very seriously. Learner-drivers have to face very strict written tests (which include a hazard perception test) followed by a very difficult to pass practical test that lasts 40 minutes, in city traffic. The national pass rate in the UK is only 40% which means that 6 out of 10 candidates fail it !!
Again, DON'T GIVE UP DRIVING. Two in five isn't a lot. Seek help from professionals. You may need only 2 hours with a professional driving instructor.
Finally, if you want to impress other drivers approach an advance driving institute and become a qualified advance driver --- that is what I did. Your car insurance could be then be half what other drivers pay. It's a fun course too --- like.... learning how to stop a car in an emergency at 70 miles per hour WITHOUT SKIDDING. I can do it and you will be able to as well.
2007-08-12 06:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My previous car was hit three times in 18 months. Twice I was in it, and the third time it was parked. None were my fault.
About 10 years ago, I had a car that was rear-ended, but it was just a light bump. Again, not my fault. I don't think I've ever had an accident that was my fault. I can think of two other ones, and in both cases the other driver was at fault.
Heck, I just got my first speeding ticket in almost 30 years. Not that I haven't deserved one (or two...or ten) in the last 30 years, but I just got one.
You may want to take a driver's training course. You may also want to honestly ask yourself if you're inclined to not pay attention when you drive. Not paying attention means you're on the cell, playing with the radio/CD, talking to other people in the car....when you're driving, you really need to focus on driving and not all the other things.
2007-08-12 06:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by Kaia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1, it was my fault. It was about 4am, and I had been working, There was 1 other car on the road, but it kept going from 1 lane to another, like it didn't know where it was going. But coming up to a major junction, I noticed the traffic light changing from green to orange, on it's way to red......so naturally I sped up to make the light,,,,only to find the only other car on the road had stopped at an orange light!!!! and I crashed into the back of it, it was raining heavily so I couldn't stop the skid.
The driver of the other car got out, but he was foreign, and I don't think he knew how to speak English, his car wasn't badly damaged, mine was in bits, so he just drove off.
I know I should've slowed down for the orange light, but this is Ireland, NO ONE slows down for an orange light ...
2007-08-12 06:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by bee bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None with me driving.
once in vancouver a douchebag smoked the car doing 30 down an alleyway. I was stopped waiting to go and he came out of no where.
then on the way home from florida I was showing off my sunglasses to my boyfriend and he hit the truck infront but we were going like 5km so it was no biggie.
2007-08-12 05:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by Music 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had 2. the 1st one someone ran a red and hit me. The second i had to jerk the wheel to avoid hitting a car ran into a fence and a jeep hit me. I don't think you should stop driving but try to find a way to concentrate more and get rid of distractions.
2007-08-12 06:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by remillyon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was knocked down by a car when I was 6. Luckily, I got up off the road without a scratch, picked up my schoolbag and walked home badly shaken. I never told my mother what had happened as I didn't want her to worry.
2007-08-12 06:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One
2007-08-12 07:59:20 · answer #7 · answered by johnlovesbeer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me driving?
2 both over 20 years ago
#1 Idiot backed into me in a College parking lot after he had already stopped AND seen me passing
#2 Idiot pulled out right in front of me
2007-08-12 06:06:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None in 16 years of driving
2007-08-12 05:58:44 · answer #9 · answered by silkbutterfly1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 13 so obviously i dont drive LOL but i have had one and now have a phobia of going in cars.
2007-08-12 05:59:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋