Community weekly poll: What is the biggest threat to safe driving?
- 8/1/05 5:10 PM
You got it wrong!
by photoxprt - 12/7/05 2:56 PM In reply to: Many drivers are not responsible. by Northern BoyEvery driver IS responsible! That's why they have that one charge of-'Losing control of the vehicle.'
So it puts it ALL back in the drivers' hands. Hydroplaning? You're going 'too fast for conditions.'
Spin out on ice? "Inapprpriate caution for conditions."
Bottom line- If you're driving, then YOU are ALWAYS responsible for what you and/or your car does!
(Actually, I love watching the news when it's just iced or snowed. There ALWAYS those idiots that do NOT know how to drive on either. Best free entertainment around!!) Right up there with milk and bread sales. Does ANYONE get that?
On the same lines
by Johnnyre - 12/7/05 9:51 PM In reply to: You got it wrong! by photoxprtFollowing your same lines of thought here. Now this is typical of how things are today.
Yesterday morning local news reports that a young man has died from driving his car into a parked backhoe near a construction site. All involved are trying to find the fault here and point the finger at the construction site. Saying that they didn't have the markers set out right or something like that.
I'm watching in amazement, going "DUH!" He's driving, the backhoe is sitting still, no traffic, he drove right into it and died. Now I ask you, who would you blame here? I figured he was driving along and said to himself, " Oh look, they didn't place the cones out properly, I think I'll just crash into the damn thing, that'll show 'em." What other moronic reason could there be for NOT seeing a huge peice of equipment in front of you? Oh, I know, I forgot where the brakes were at.
Mark my words here, there will be a lawsuit over what this idiot did to himself. Gotta blame someone ya know.
You're right....
by photoxprt - 12/8/05 5:50 AM In reply to: On the same lines by JohnnyreD-U-H....!!!!
The guy
a. Wasn't fully awake.
b. Wasn't paying close attention.
c. Was playing with his coffee/radio/cell phone.
The law here says that YOU are at fault for 'striking s fixed objrct.'
I can't see much more fixed than a motionless backhoe.
But, sure as God made l'il green apples, they're gonna try to pin it on something/somebody else.
I see Darwin at work. Sorry for his survivors.
Bad Laws = Bad Drivers
by mccarthy.r - 11/25/05 9:01 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
There is no standard national traffic ordinance; each State provides its own and, within those, laws are so ambiguous as to allow for individual interpretation. Take a simple example, "oncoming traffic." If you were to ask for a specific definition of "oncoming traffic" you would get dozens of variations.
Add to this ambiguity the fact that most traffic ordinances were enacted before super-highways (freeways) were built, and the fact that generations of new drivers have emerged since then, and you have a recipe for utter confusion. Another example, what lane do you drive in -- that is, cruise in? Some say left while most laws say right. Both have reasonable arguments.
As to other answers to this question (options provided), they all play a part but, in my opinion, until we establish a uniform and difinitive base of traffic laws we will suffer tragic confusion.
Biggest threat
by protagonistic - 11/25/05 9:12 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
The millions of people who drive large SUV's who seem to feel owning one is a status symbol. For the most part they seem to feel they own the road and it is up to you to stay out of their way.
Navigation Systems
by lilbarto604 - 11/25/05 9:20 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
I believe that it is nav system because it takes longer to punch in the address which leaves a longer time from looking at the road.
What is the biggest threat to safe driving?
by Hammsailor - 11/25/05 9:27 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
The biggest threat to safe driving are the people who drink and drive. This has been made readily apparent and needs no explanation. The second biggest threat to safe driving is the person driving exhausted from driving too long, suffering from lack of sleep, or working too long in the office, or a combination of two or all three elements. This too has been proven. The third biggest threat to safe driving is the cell phone user (talk and drive). The dangers of this activity are becoming more apparent every day, but it's legal in most states. And then there are the people who constantly run stop lights or stop signs.....need we say more?
Bad Driving
by John Westgate - 11/25/05 9:41 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
The Biggest threat to safe driving is caused by: poor driving skills and distractions.
Poor driving skills fall into two general categories: a.) Never had them; b.) Had them once, but don't have them anymore.
Distractions can be anything in the driving environment which takes the drivers attention from focusing on the job at hand (driving). The more complex the nature of the distraction; such as: cellphones, children acting up, eating, etc. the more likely there will be negative consequences. Combine distractions of any sort with either a. or b. above and we have disaster.
Road rage is what the guy in the other car experiences watching the all American Socker Mom driving the Plymouth Caravan, yelling at the kids in the back seat, while she's talking to the babysitter, holding the Nokia in her left hand, going 10 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone attempting to make a right turn from the far left hand lane without signaling, and when you beep your horn, she launches you the bird so expertly with what seems to be an extra appendage, she makes you feel as if you screwed up.
Just another day driving in New Jersey.
BAD DRIVERS
by BRENDAL - 11/25/05 9:42 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
I would say bad drivers covers all the other options. Bad drivers covers not using common sense. Does anyone think they would use thousands of pounds of metal and other materials in the blase manner they use an automobile?????
Bad drivers
by Ernie White - 11/25/05 9:46 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
They did away with drivers ed in most of the schools in Missouri to cut cost.
Driving Safety Threat Disclosed
by davidvh2 - 11/25/05 10:42 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
Clearly No, but the primary reason for so many accidents is inattention at the wheel caused by drivers going to sleep. This problem is now beginning to be realised as the primary cause of so many accidents & drivers in recent surveys in Europe, have started to admit that they have frequently fallen asleep whilst driving.
Too many close calls!
by mileschap - 11/25/05 10:43 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
At least three times a day I have a close call with someone talking on their phone. If I were not aware, those would be auto accidents.
They also tie up traffic and irritate other drivers when they don't move when the stop light turns green, which, of course, is condusive to accidents which those drivers are not aware of.
WELL, D UHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Billy74 - 11/25/05 10:47 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
BECAUSE YOUR ATTENTION IS NO COMPLETELY ON YOUR SURROUNDINGS OR THE ROAD WHERE IT SHOULD BE WHEN OPERATING A MULTIPLE TON PIECE OF METAL MOVING AT ANY SPEED!!
Cell Phones
by kagemi - 11/25/05 10:49 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
It seems that most people, not all, simply are unable to concentrate on driving while talking on the phone. They drive too slow, slow to move from red light, can't stay in their lane, miss their turns and slam on the brakes, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
Other
by alchirico - 11/25/05 10:53 AM In reply to: What is the biggest threat to safe driving? by Marc Bennett
Asians, Mexicans and women, Duh!
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