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The Truth Behind Car Accidents
by Jinky C. Mesias
Did you know that car accidents are not necessarily
caused by accidents? In fact most accidents are not
accidents at all but are caused by collisions which
could have been avoided if only the drivers were alert
enough. There are several factors that contribute to
majority cases of collisions and these are as follows:
equipment failure, roadway design, poor roadway
maintenance and then the driver's behavior.
According to studies conducted on car accidents
almost 95% of the accident can be blamed on the driver's
recklessness in driving either due to excessive speeding
or due to aggressive driver behaviors. However, the
remaining three factors are just considered as secondary
causes of car accidents. In order to fully understand
each of these causes it is important to tackle each one
by one.
EQUIPMENT FAILURE The most common equipment failures are
due to loss of brakes, tire blowouts, thread separation
and then the steering and suspension failure.
Nevertheless, such equipment failures should not be
blamed on the car manufacturers since they have made all
possible effort in providing their manufactured cars
with safety features that are in accordance to the
minimum safety standard in order to ensure the safety of
their clients. Moreover, equipment failures only
constitute 5% of the total car accidents reported.
ROADWAY DESIGN Roadway designs are the rarest cause of
car accidents, it's because roadway designs are a
collaboration of all transportation experts that have
years of experience when it comes to road construction
as well as in effective traffic management system. Aside
from that, roadways are constructed by engineers with
consideration to the following: hazard visibility,
roadway surfaces, traffic control devices, behavioral
control devices, traffic flow, roadway identification
signs and weather.
POOR ROADWAY MAINTENANCE Although there have reported
cases of car accidents caused by poor roadway
maintenance however the frequency of which is not enough
to consider it a major cause of car accidents.
DRIVER'S ROAD BEHAVIOR The most common caused of car
accidents are due to errors committed by drivers while
driving. It is a common fact that people tend to blame
faults on almost anything they can find to put the blame
on for whatever wrong or mishap they caused. In fact,
most studies related to car accidents shows that drivers
in car accident situations tend to blame the other party
for the whole car accident fiasco and only a very little
percentage of drivers involved in car accidents actually
confessed of being the one responsible. And also,
studies further shows proofs that over speeding due to
the aggressive behaviors of some drivers as well as the
habit of drinking then driving often lead to car
accidents.
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About the Author
Jinky C. Mesias is a lover of simple things and of
nature. She spends most of her time reading and writing
poetry. |
