Learning how to drive is an inherent American rite of passage and many of us have fond memories or scary memories of the process. How you learned to drive definitely impacts your driving career. It can dramatically change the chances of you getting into Connecticut car accidents.
Did you learn to drive with a scared and frustrated parent screaming from the passenger seat? Or perhaps you had to pay for driver’s education where you had a calm, cool, and collected teacher who also had the opportunity to take over if need be.
Learning Defensive Driving
Ideally, we would all learn defensive driving practices from an early age. Unfortunately, that’s not usually the situation. Most adults were teaching younger drivers don’t practice defensive driving themselves, and certainly can’t teach it to the young people they know.
Defensive driving is not driving slowly or allowing people to pass you whenever it seems like they need to. Defensive driving is being aware and looking out for possible accidents or issues on the road and making a plan well ahead of time. Some defensive driving practices include driving in the middle lane of a three or more lane freeway or highway. This is so that you have more availability of a waste of maneuvering.
Defensive driving tactics are without a doubt the safest way to learn how to drive. It’s also the safest form of driving behavior on the road. Car accidents would reduce dramatically if more drivers would employ defensive driving tactics, than aggressive or passive drivers.
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Learning Aggressive Driving
Some parents or guardians encourage their kids to pin the pedal to the metal. Other times the person learning to drive just has a natural inclination toward speeding and may not have a very good sense for a rate of travel.
But speeding alone does not make an aggressive driver. Aggressive drivers will frequently change lanes, drive erratically, and these unpredictable behaviors make them not only aggressive but outright dangerous.
Passive Drivers
It seems as though passive drivers should be the safest on the road. However, passive drivers pose many of the same risks that aggressive drivers do. They provide an inconsistent and unpredictable driving behavior that makes it difficult or impossible for anyone else on the road to plan around it.
Passive drivers are those who drive below the speed limit, hold up traffic, and aren’t confident in basic traffic maneuvers. If you sat behind someone refusing to turn left across traffic, that is likely a passive driver. There is simply no opportunity for a lack of confidence on the road.
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Assessing Your Options in Re-Learning the Road
Is it possible to change your driving habits? Absolutely, but you must approach driving with a greater focus and awareness of your current driving habits. You might start by driving with the radio off or opt for more passive listening, such as movie scores or classical music which don’t have lyrics. Keep any music low, and pay attention to the surrounding cars.
If you’re looking to re-learn the road, your first point of focus might be on your following distance. If a car accident were to happen, you certainly wouldn’t want to be the one responsible for it. Watch how much space you give yourself to stop and occasionally try to determine whether you could stop in time if the vehicle slammed on their brakes.
After you’ve evaluated your following distance for a while, give more awareness to other factors of driving. Ask yourself if you leave your turn signal on for long enough, or if you’re making predictable movements.
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Handle the Aftermath of Your Crash with a Connecticut Auto Accident Lawyer
Most people have developed good driving habits through their adult driving careers. Even those who learn to drive under stressful situations can often assess the need for caution whenever they’re behind the wheel. However, even defensive driving and good driving habits can’t protect you from every possible car accident.
The worst part is that being in a crash isn’t the only issue. Experiencing an auto accident results in a long, drawn-out legal process and arguments with insurance company representatives and auto mechanics. There’s a variety of trouble that comes after a collision, and it’s the crash victims that get the worst end of it.
Fortunately, Connecticut car accident attorneys are available to help crash victims who need to get through their insurance claims. Anyone seeking more information on how to handle a claim and how to ensure that they have a fighting chance for full compensation should speak with our Connecticut car accident lawyers.
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