You ever have one of those highway close calls

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I don’t care what anyone says. Men ARE better drivers than women generally. I have yet to see a man putting on makeup while chatting on a cell phone at 75 mph.

I believe statistically, men cause more accidents. Certainly they engage in more overtly risky driving behavior (speeding) and road rage, including brake checks, tail gating, etc.
 
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I hate the nearside left turners who lazily or maybe purposefully end up in the far side lane.
 
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There’s no fun to be had by discussing driving. Driving takes Dunning Kruger to the next level. Everyone thinks they’re great at it, yet 99% on the road seem incompetent. Smart phones and distractions have amplified it big time. As with most things, I think education is the issue. They pretty much hand anyone with a pulse and opposable thumbs a license in the US. I think everyone should learn on a motorcycle so they can realize that everything they do is an accident waiting to happen and the result is likely death. Maybe then people would learn and pay attention. I can’t count how many times I’ve watched dumb crap unfold and saw it coming a mile away but the people who are involved are oblivious and throw their hands up like it was an unavoidable “accident”. No, it was an easily avoidable negligent crash. And that’s all I have to say about that. 😀
 
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I believe statistically, men cause more accidents. Certainly they engage in more overtly risky driving behavior (speeding) and road rage, including brake checks, tail gating, etc.
Yes, statistically I'm sure that's true, especially with young males.
 
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I agree. A year of mandatory motorcycle riding before being allowed to drive a car would make a big difference.
1. the crazy riders would end up dead before their 12 months were up
2. a year's experience on a motorcycle trying to survive bad driving by car drivers would produce much better young car drivers.
 
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I'll never forget the look of the old guy i nearly squashed who later could only say : ' I'm looking for the bakery...' after having cut me off. Or the hyperventilating person, on a stretcher, who I had a discussion with after having headbutted a windshield because he was insulting the lady whom he didn't give priority to.
Only the people who've had accidents can understand what the energy a car has while on the highway.
E=m.c(square)
Velocity on the highway is so great but smaller roads is where I've crashed a few times and dread the impact of freewayaccidents.
Once, at night I was driving 160km/h which i deemed safe, cause I was on a three lane highway with no traffic and someone had lost a fridge which i managed to avoid hitting. There definetely are careless people out there but this other time, driving from Ashford to Canterburry a deer stood unmoving as I raced towards it and swerved past...Deers can create horrible deaths as they will sometimes kick you repeatedly while you sit there after having struck one, I've heard...
Someone said people should learn to drive on a motorbike first to get a grasp of mortal danger on the road...in dutch I've heard a biker say 'ik haat de straat'. Or I hate the road meaning they love racetracks.
Something about driving is associated with freedom though...and that old guy; who was looking for the bakery: I didn't press charges against him because I couldn't bear the thought of taking away his freedom to drive.
Maybe I was wrong and he created another accident. Idiots do drive and as others have said drive like everyone is a clueless moron...and i believe moron stands for someone with a deathwish. Road rage is a weird thing to witness...and that's not including someone who believes that because his or her car can go faster than yours, it should.