im 20, almost 21. ive been driving daily since i was 16. never one wreck till i was 20. lets go through the last year of my life. around november of last year, on my way to school, freshly wet streets. i had no rear brakes, only front, shouldnt have delayed fixing them. wasnt even doing the speed limit started to slow down to a redlight, guess i hit the brakes too hard, slid right into a guy. got lucky no cops were involved, didnt go on my record. about a month later in december, taking off from a taco bell in my friends beetle after doing something stupid, smaked into a curb, cost 3000$ damage, only had to pay 500 deductable, didnt go on my record. made it another clean 7 months. around july of this year, at a stop sign, a girl in my passenger seat said go for some reason, my natural reaction took my foot off the brake, got about 2 feet in the lane before i realized what i did and i stopped, a guy hit me. went on my record as my fault. around two months later, TODAY. almost the same damn scenario. driving a company truck, pulling out of the post office. saw no one but one truck turning into where i was leaving. pulled out and stopped in the median, about 30 seconds later, WHAM!. a guy hit me. the delima is, i dont know what happend. it felt like i was there long before he hit me, but then again everything slows down during a wreck. he wasnt there when i initially pulled out, so im thinking he was behind the truck pulling in therefore i didnt see him, and pulled around the truck about the same time i pulled onto the road. i have whitnesses from the PO saying it was his fault, but even I dont know, it could very easily be my fault. well long story long, i feel like this is getting to be re-goddamn-diculous. i dont believe in bad luck, so why am i having so much of it? i dont consider myself a bad driver, i make good decisions, very rarely a bad one, but it seems like every time i do, it always comes back to really screw things up for me. there's people who should be dead because of the way they drive, but they never get into wrecks. i drive the speed limit, i look both ways. there's something wrong with this situation, the guy wasnt there, i know he wasnt, but then he was. if its my fautl, im out of a job, and i cant afford to be out of work. well im not sure why i posted this i guess i just felt like telling my story. for those who suffered through this post i apologize.
so i suck at driving
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My dad is kind of the opposite. He's totalled his truck 5 times and totalled a 260Z...totalled, not wrecked, totalled. Dunno how it makes it out of all of them, they'd all have killed someone else. He just totalled his truck (again) this summer, and he just suped it up too. $3000, 400hp, and a month later, and it's a steel sausage in the other lane.
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That is a pretty unfortunate record.
The world is a cold and indifferent place of random chance, and nothing screws up your life quite like a car wreck. Odds are it'll probably not always be this bad though.
(maybe it was a new one?)
. Just break it up into paragraphs next time, kay?
The world is a cold and indifferent place of random chance, and nothing screws up your life quite like a car wreck. Odds are it'll probably not always be this bad though.
This is the only part that bothers me. How can you do 3000$ damage to a Beetle? Is there any part of them that costs more then 50$?SS69
(maybe it was a new one?)
It wasn't that torturousSS69
. Just break it up into paragraphs next time, kay?EmohawkThat is a pretty unfortunate record.
This is the only part that bothers me. How can you do 3000$ damage to a Beetle? Is there any part of them that costs more then 50$?
(maybe it was a new one?)
well my friend who owned the beetle wasnt the best driver in the world either so i think they were just getting the whole thing fixed, and accusing me of it. because there were things on the list i couldnt have done, such as the rear axel, which never touched the curb.
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SS69 How spatially aware are you? I find that makes the most difference when driving driving the speed limit and many other things the DMV tells you doesnt mean jack compared to spatial awareness. This means that if you glance at your mirror and see three cars across three lanes coming up behind you, then 5 seconds later you should be able to know about where they are without looking at your mirrors. Do you quickly swish your eyes around to collect information, or do you move your head and focus in on things? (Do you use your eyes or do you use your head to look at your left side mirror and rearview mirror?) If youre on a 4-lane road, and you notice a car sitting at a T-intersection, waiting to pull into the road, can you tell if the cars making slight movements without actually looking at it, but instead look at it from the very corners of your eyes while still keeping your eyes looking straight ahead? Can you tell if a cars in your blindspot without actually looking? (I can usually hear cars in my blindspot.)
All of those things are really important, and stuff the DMV and drivers training classes never teach (they teach you what the law regulates, instead of whats actually the safest way to drive). Ive seen it firsthand my mom totally lacks any kind of spatial awareness, and has crashed my truck twice now, while my dad is totally spatially aware, and so he hasnt caused a wreck in decades.
All of those things are really important, and stuff the DMV and drivers training classes never teach (they teach you what the law regulates, instead of whats actually the safest way to drive). Ive seen it firsthand my mom totally lacks any kind of spatial awareness, and has crashed my truck twice now, while my dad is totally spatially aware, and so he hasnt caused a wreck in decades.
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It sounds like you don't have a very good awareness of what's going on around you. All of those events you describe involve a car or object you didn't see (or couldn't tell where it was). Cars are not exactly invisible; in fact, they're pretty noticible objects. Even so, I've also been shocked to find cars where I didn't think they were. Part of being a "good" driver is not only how you drive your car, but how much you know about what's going on around you. Even accidents not caused by you can be avoided if you can see someone doing something stupid i.e. he's about to run a red light, stop sign, weaving in and out of traffic.... Start taking note of EVERYTHING you see. Turn off the radio, tell your passengers to shut up, and concentrate. What are the makes and models of the last 5 cars you saw? How fast were they going? What kind of person was driving? Without looking, is there someone in your blind spot? If so, how long have they been there? How much space do you have in front? Behind? Each side? If you can answer these, you're in good shape. If not, start paying attention.
The majority of the drivers on the road are oblivious. If you can try your best not to be, you'll stay out of trouble.
Edit: SAGE!!! bah! Great minds think alike, eh?
The majority of the drivers on the road are oblivious. If you can try your best not to be, you'll stay out of trouble.
Edit: SAGE!!! bah! Great minds think alike, eh?
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McLaren F1GTROK, I'm officially never driving with your dad PS.
Apparently he's won safety awards at work, so I dunno wtf is goin' on there.
That's what my grandma says, but it's a small hick town in the middle of BC. It's called "Elkford", pop.: 3000.
ND4SPD knows all about it.
the first wreck was the fault of my brakes if you read. the second wreck was just stupidity. the third wreck was natural reaction of the word go. and this wreck wasnt my fault. i was in the median and the guy swerved into me. i even have witnesses backing me up. i consider myself a good driver all in all ive avoided many wrecks. ive just had many unfortunate incidents. ive been driving that company truck for almost two years now with no problem.
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its not always your fault, you just happened to be in an awkward situation, involving other morons in the road, i know, 'tards made me fail 2 driving tests 
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You're scary. Driving through a red light just because someone says go is just a tad silly. Shouldn't your first move have been to check the light was actually green? Never trust a woman in a car
I'm sorry it's causing you problems though r.e. company truck, that's not good. Hope you sort it out.
I'm sorry it's causing you problems though r.e. company truck, that's not good. Hope you sort it out.
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Hahaha, you actually went without looking just because somebody told you go?
Get off the road.
Get off the road.
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Yes, you do. Kidding.SS69
Women and cars don't mix. It's not just driving that presents a problem. But seriously, I suggest "accidentally" running over her feet next time you pick her up.SS69
My Dad hit a train once. He claims the train hit him, but they can't exactly turn out of the way or stop suddenly. The car looked exactly like it had hit a train. If you seen the car, you wouldn't believe anyone could've survived the wreck. My dad escaped with a fingernail-size scratch on his leg.PS
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He said that for insurance purposes. If you say "I hit a deer" or "I hit a train" you admit guilt. But if you say "the deer hit me" or "I was hit by a train", then you loop-hole yourself out of it. I know all sorts of this crap, my mom's a National Underwriter for Cooperators Insurance Co.Jimmy Enslashay
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I've gone through 1 car so far ( natural causes 
) yet I have a relative that's gone through 3 (I think) cars so far from crashes and ****ing up a car some how. I have a neighbor that's totalled a car by taking out all four axles and to this day I still don't understand how you do that. I friend from a long time ago got into 10 accidents with a car (none his fault) and after that he got a truck. 
that includes me, nor will I drive around him when he's on the road. 
) yet I have a relative that's gone through 3 (I think) cars so far from crashes and ****ing up a car some how. I have a neighbor that's totalled a car by taking out all four axles and to this day I still don't understand how you do that. I friend from a long time ago got into 10 accidents with a car (none his fault) and after that he got a truck. PS
McLaren F1GTROK, I'm officially never driving with your dad PS.
that includes me, nor will I drive around him when he's on the road. 
