Risks Of Driving - Texas Online Adult Drivers Education Video Lecture | Drivers Education of America: Overview - Personal Skills

throughout this course I focused on the
laws you must follow and the idea that
if you know the laws you can be a much
better decision maker knowing the law is
one thing but knowing what is most
likely to cause a traffic accident is
another so here they are the number one
cause of all accidents is driving in an
unsafe speed that is below the speed
limit what this unusually worded
category takes into account all of the
traffic accidents that occur at low
speeds speeds that are lower than the
posted speed limit so examples of these
situations where extra caution should be
used are going to be parking lots and
anytime the weather is bad enough that
drivers are driving slower than the
speed limit so what this means is that
when the weather is bad drivers slow
down but they still end up in an
accident
the main point to be learned here is
that when the weather is bad many
drivers still don't slow down enough to
compensate for the conditions therefore
they get into collision remember when
choosing your speed you must consider
the condition of the road the weather
and the car you are driving bad weather
equals extra caution which means low
speeds as drivers we can handle a lot of
problems the road may throw at us as
long as we are driving slow we've
already talked about this but covering
it again will simply make you a better
driver failing to yield the right-of-way
is the second leading cause of all
traffic collisions mastering the rules
related to yielding covered in chapter
three are essential in meeting the goal
of being a collision free driver the key
rule to remember about yielding is that
the right-of-way is always given it is
never taken read details of other cars
that should be yielding to you but may
not look at the other car speed the
direction of their tires their turn
signals the drivers head movement
so that hopefully you will not get
exposed to their finger gestures if you
know what I mean driving at night is
another huge factor in raising the
likelihood of someone ending up in a
collision 25 percent of our time behind
the wheel happens at night in driving at
night a driver is three times more
likely to end up in a fatal collision
therefore I consider driving at night to
really be one of the times to exercise
greater caution on driving slower and
last but certainly not least is our old
friend alcohol that is right
never fear alcohol is here alcohol is
the number one single cause of all
traffic fatality I also think alcohol
contributes to fatal collisions being
three times more likely to happen at
night and during the day being aware of
your community and knowing where people
tend to drink and are forced to drive
home because there's no public
transportation is one way to minimize
this collision causing factor let's look
at a system you can use help minimize
all driving risks and improve your
decision-making
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