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Can't say it's terribly surprising... I've been doing the "semi-nomadic" thing for over a year, and I certainly notice some bad driving out there.
"tailgating, erratic lane changing or illegal passing,” factors into 56 percent of crashes resulting in a fatality."
My wife and I experienced all of the above for 2500 miles during a trip on I-75 to Florida, last month.
Many don't remember their drivers ed instructions.
When I first got a smartphone and tried to text and was an erratic driver as you mention. I've learned that If I wanted to live a long life not do it anymore. I agree with Rob, I live in a small community and we have deadly crashes from speeding too much on open roads.
I've driven in about a dozen countries or so. And quite a few thousand miles in the US (including Florida - but only the pan handle). And to be honest, the US comes close to the top of my list for courteous drivers. Bottom? France or Italy. Maybe Greece is just as bad. Did a four hour trip in Sicily a few years back and passed 3 very bad accidents. One most definitely fatal. They didn't even throw a blanket over the two guys...
"tailgating, erratic lane changing or illegal passing,” factors into 56 percent of crashes resulting in a fatality."
My wife and I experienced all of the above for 2500 miles during a trip on I-75 to Florida, last month.
Many don't remember their drivers ed instructions.
Fatalities are skewed by distance to a trauma center. The further away, the greater the chance of death in a wreck. Here, helicopters have landed near the site of wrecks to get people to the nearest trauma center. So it's a combination of traffic and distance to medical assistance.
"tailgating, erratic lane changing or illegal passing,” factors into 56 percent of crashes resulting in a fatality."
My wife and I experienced all of the above for 2500 miles during a trip on I-75 to Florida, last month.
Many don't remember their drivers ed instructions.
I think there are a few factors at play:
"tailgating, erratic lane changing or illegal passing,” factors into 56 percent of crashes resulting in a fatality."
My wife and I experienced all of the above for 2500 miles during a trip on I-75 to Florida, last month.
Many don't remember their drivers ed instructions.
I imagine that there is a cognitive load limit for people negotiating roadways. Where I live there’s not a massive amount of traffic and I don’t get stressed at all. Twenty miles away in Liverpool and I clearly notice it’s taking more of my concentration.
It sure how much that might affect it. In my country we have cameras everywhere and people still drive like idiots.
Its like an arms race out there,
While blaming video games is a favorite for all kind of societal ills, don't you think that people in other countries also have access to those games? Besides, games like those have been a thing for decades and they are hardly the most popular gaming genre.
You must have missed the new movie called " Gran Turismo. " It's rather eye opening when it comes to the slim difference between sim driving and real driving.
I'm sorry, but the existence of an entertainment movie version of a popular driving simulation does not convince me of the correlation between dangerous driving and the prevalence of racing video games.
One of the big points of the movie was that the difference wasn't slim - that the in-game training can only take you so far.
SUVs have taken the place of station wagons. I suspect it's due to a wrinkle in federal mandates for increased vehicle mileage. SUVs are classified as trucks rather than automobiles. Some automobiles are dinky little things that don't look like they have enough clearance to go over a railroad track, much less down a dirt rd.
