There is an enormous amount of damage that can happen when the operator of a 2,000-pound vehicle makes a mistake. This article will help you to keep in mind what can cause those mistakes.
Serious accidents can happen because there are:
1) Many young, inexperienced, drivers on the roads.
2) Many older drivers who are not as good at driving as they once were.
3) Millions of illegal aliens driving in settings unfamiliar to them.
4) Visiting drivers from other parts of our country who are not familiar with local driving conditions.
5) Drivers whose driving ability is compromised by alcohol and drugs, illegal or prescription.
6) Drivers who are driving defective cars.
7) Drivers who are emotionally upset.
8) Drivers trying to handle rush hour traffic congestion.
9) Drivers who are sleepy.
10) Drivers distracted by cell phones, passengers, etc.
11) Drivers in bad weather.
12)Pedestrians who are hard to see at night.
Some of us have bad driving habits. For example, do you ever:
1) Accelerate through yellow lights?
2) Fail to check your blind spots when changing lanes?
3) Fail to use your turn signals?
4) Tailgate?
5) Drive above the speed limit?
As Neil Arason said, “Few people would dream of hiring a contractor to build them a house and expect it to be built to a safe standard only 85 percent of the time; similarly, few people would want to eat out in a restaurant where only 85 percent of the meals were safe to eat. Why then do we accept such sloppiness in road safety, where a situation in which 85 percent of drivers going the speed limit is deemed to be good enough?”
How would you rate your driving? Can you think of any additional bad driving habits you have observed?
The next time you are tempted to give in to road rage, remember James 4:7, where he said, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
