Driving is an art, which can be fun. People often goes out on long drive to enjoy some cool moments and also make most of the lonely time. However, many people take this fun into an extreme level of thrills, which create great risk of losing life. Fast driving, reckless driving , drunk driving, stunts has been a part lately on roads which not only creste chaosand ruckus for the driver but also for the pedestrian. In today's time, it is very difficult to say, who is safe and who is not. Going out on roads is a getting risky. And the rising traffic is adding more woes. This is what made peoole to say that "there is no assurance for tommorrow".
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My Dad always used to say that, accidents on roads does not happen because of you, but most of the accidents on roads occurs because of others mistakes. So how good you are at driving, you may put others on risks as well. Human errors are the main cause of accidents and crashes. The first lesson on driving that i learned was that, when there is heard of cattle on roads, or any procession be it wedding or nay rally or rains. Just be more cautious. The three alwsys lead to some accidents. While the rains, create a havoc with slippary roads or reduced visibility, the rally or procession on roads make it tough to pass through and so does with heard of cattle. This is a local lesson and cannot be found in any driving books. So I alwsys made sure to follow them, be more cautious. Even following these, I have various instances where, I had some near death experince.
Most of the people are very fitted and adapted to their own vehicle, and driving others has alwsys some kind of difficulty. I experienced this, on my first encounter with accidents, which tore me apart from various places. I had my first encounter from my nephew scooter. We were on way to the local market in early hours. While, I was driving, my nephew sitting at the back whispered that there is an issue with the rear break. So I have this thought going into my mind that the break is not working. Suddenly, a tractor troley in high speed came in front of us. To applies the breaks, I put up front break, which made the scooty out of control. Though we were not get inside the tractor, but the tyre does skids a good 15-18 mtr on the roads. It was dark in front of my eyes and when I came to my sense, my nephew was on back of me and the scooter was lying far away. The only good things was that my nephew had no serious injuries, not even a minor scratches. On the other hand, I was compltelly bruised and injured. My hand, legs, head, was bleeding proufously. Though no fracture happen, but looking at the injuries the doctor said it was quite deep one. It took me good amount of time to recover and get back to shape.
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If I recall, the incidents, I still gets goosebumps. While were we at a normal speed, of 30 kmph, the heavy tractor vehicle was driving quite recklessly, which made me to apply sudden break and falls apart. The Second incident,happened recently, when a kid in cycle suddenly appears on the roads from behind a standing truck on roads which took me by surprise. We had a collision. Again thanks God to almighty , neither the boy nor me had any injuries. Though the cycle he was on was completelly damaged. Again, It was his mistake and without following the road safety rules he was riding recklessly.
In todays time, it alwsys get risky to go on roads with vehicle or without vehicle. Accidents can happen in anyway, or you becomes part of some mishappening. I lost few over other negligence on roads. Some common behaviors by the drivers that can lead to accidents include:
Most fatal accidents occur due to over speeding.
Don't drink and drive. Still feels it is safe to draw and get to the steering side. Unable to realize that they are risking for everybody.
Reckless Driving, avoiding traffic rules, maneuvering on the roads, changing lanes, simply very risky.
Many a times people fall asleep feel tired. Still want to drive. Especially to the drivers who works for earning livlihood.
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While theese are some of the factors on drivers fronts, there are many factors from the walkers aide. Jaywalking, fatigue alcohol etc too lead to some kind of risks. All these factors amounting to human errors. Going out on roads would be good walk in park, if every one learn the benefits of safe driving and have the patience remain cool in every condition.
But again, "whatever is going to happen will happen". It dos not mean that one should feel afraid and stop going out. Simply enjoy and driving and be careful of yourself.
